MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...

With spring comes many familiar sounds: the chirp of woodland frogs; the squeals of kids playing outside again; and the haunting call of the common loon. Common loons are quintessentially Adirondack, ...

Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state's lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservations say the birds aren't out of the woods yet. Maine is home to a few thousand ...