Loons have long been considered by many North
Americans as beautiful and special, symbolizing
wilderness and solitude.
Many cottage-goers, campers, and vacationers would
feel their trip was incomplete without viewing a loon or
listening to its haunting call.
Loons migrate to warmer areas around the Gulf of
Mexico and on the east and west coasts of North
America in winter and return to northern lakes to breed
when the ice melts in spring.
