It’s a wilderness bird that lives on the water and emits a haunting wail. And we’re unique among the states in choosing the loon. Thirty states share state birds, the most popular being the ...

Layered gray clouds hung low above Lake Jocassee, South Carolina, for our second day of Common Loon research. Despite high ...

Loons bobbed on the early morning ripples as our pontoon boat sped across the open waters of Lake Jocassee, South Carolina.

A juvenile, yellow-billed loon, generally associated with coastal ... determined that the bird was unbothered by the gushing water, but later said the show would not take place on Tuesday, after ...