Throughout Jessica Walden’s writing in Chasing Loons, she argues that the locals in Rhineland, Wisconsin are careless and inconsiderate when it comes to sustaining the remaining population of the loons. She does this by explaining the condition in which the endangered birds, the loons, are living in. She describes the shores to be filled with beefy jerky wrappers and Mountain Dew cans, the trees to be filled with the loon’s natural predator, the eagle, and the slips of the docks surrounding the lakes to be littered with faded lifejackets and tackle. Walden writes about how the lakes that many of the birds live in are also inhabited by frequent lake goes who are not always courteous to the loons. Walden tells about one particular loon she finds