First Reported Loon Sighting!

Friday, March 19, 2010: We have received our first word of a loon pair Spring sighting! They arrived on their territorial Mecosta County lake as soon as the ice was off. We're happy to start welcoming our Michigan loons back home!

New Issue of "Loon Echoes" Just Out!

"Patiently Waiting" by Leslie Lewis, Loon Ranger

March 16, 2010: Our latest issue of our Loon Echoes quarterly newsletter is just off the press and is on its way to our members and friends! This is our annual membership issue, and features a timely and thought-provoking article by Ranger Steve Mueller, as well as a great loon rescue story by Ross & Rose Ann Powers, another of Auntie Arloon's informative answers to a reader query, literary reviews by our resident Looney Bookworm and our latest Loon Mercantile catalog, among other special features and pages.

We would be happy to send a copy to any of our Friends of the Loon out there who are not yet on our mailing list; and would welcome your membership or donation. Membership opportunities begin at just $10, and include a year of Loon Echoes, an MLPA decal, and updates about loons throughout the year. Best of all is knowing that your contribution goes a long way in helping MLPA and Michigan Loonwatch with our work in fulfilling our mission: to protect and preserve one of Michigan's most exquisite species, the Common Loon, and its critical habitat, our beautiful Michigan lakes.

To request a copy of Loon Echoes, and to become a friend or member of MLPA-MLW and the Common Loon, please contact Joanne at michiganloons@yahoo.com or Luanne at jaruzel.tds.net, or call Joanne at Loon Central: 989-828-6019. Thank you; and happy springtime Loon-watching as our birds begin to return home to their northern territorial lakes!