This creature of the wild has some residence in our soul, as well. Loons, or at least the cry of the loon, have always stood for mystery, for omens. The cree and Chippewa peoples believed loons were supernatural messengers - emissaries from a world beyond. Mariners listened for loon calls when nearing foggy shores - the call of a loon could keep them off the rocks. This timeless message is only appropriate.
Loons are the oldest and most primitive of our water birds.
They're more closely linked to fossils, than to most living birds. Loons return to their northern ponds each year just on the day the ice breaks up. We can't say. That call you hear is the call of time - of an ancient knowledge beyond all reckoning. No wonder it thrills us and scares us, too.