Uncommon visitor
<p>A common loon glides across Hayden Lake Tuesday evening. Press reader Johnny Johnson captured this image as he and his wife watched the loon hunt for fish to eat.</p>
An unexpected swimmer pleasantly surprised Hayden Lake residents Johnny Johnson and his wife Tuesday evening. The couple discovered a common loon gliding around Hayden Lake hunting for fish.
"Both my wife and I are originally from Minnesota where they're quite common, so we were tickled to see one out here," Johnson wrote in a message to The Press.
He said this is first time in the nearly 40 years the couple has lived near Hayden Lake that they've positively identified Minnesota's state bird near their North Idaho home.
"We've never heard their yodeling here in Idaho, and suspect that this one is just passing through," Johnson wrote.
View the video below to experience the sound of the loon for yourself.