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CROSSLAKE — Loon callers across Minnesota are invited to bring their best wail, hoot, tremolo or yodel to the Star of the North Loon Calling Contest. While these four calls of the loon are sounds ...

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This story was originally published in July 2022. It’s nearing dusk and you’re paddling your kayak across a small pond. The sun is beginning to dip behind the trees and the nearby woods go nearly ...

CROSSLAKE — Feeling a little looney? Head on over to the National Loon Center Loon Calling Contest during Crosslake Days. The third annual contest will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the ...

On the New Hampshire lake where I spend much of the summer, loon calls are so common that I sometimes take them for granted. The sounds of the common loon are iconic of the wilderness and have been ...