Memorial Day weekend and all the weekends that follow are busy times for lake country waters. We’d like to reshare the advice written by our 2022 Community Outreach Intern, Ava, on how we can all enjoy these beautiful waters while having a loon and lake friendly weekend. When taking your first step

By Ava Rohleder, Community Outreach Intern Putting my time interning at the National Loon Center into a few words is not easy. Throughout the summer, while explaining my role within the foundation to others, the most common response I received is “Wow, you are so lucky!” This is an understatement.

By Ava Rohleder, Community Outreach Intern, National Loon Center The National Loon Center received a call on June 21st from a caring Minnesotan in Walker, MN who found a Common Loon “resting” on a Leech Lake shoreline. After observing the bird for several hours, Chip Leer determined that something was

By Ava Rohleder, Community Outreach Intern, National Loon Center A big weekend for our lake country waters is approaching: The 4th of July. This federal holiday prompts folks to get together with friends and family to spend time playing cards in cabins, by the shore circled around a bonfire, and

By Emma Weber, National Loon Center & Loon Project Research Intern As summer begins, many of the loon pairs in our study area can be seen with chicks riding on their backs or trailing them in the water. This week, I checked some territories on the Whitefish Chain with Emily

The National Loon Center began a long-term research study of the Minnesota common loon population in 2021. You too can contribute to loon research by documenting loon sightings in your “backyard” through community science projects. In fact, April is Citizen Science Month! As this time of year is the spring