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Laura Erickson"s For the Birds

"For the Birds" began airing on KUMD in Duluth, MN, in May, 1986, and is the longest continually-running radio program about birds in the U.S. Hundreds more episodes are available for free at http://www.lauraerickson.com/radio/.

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5:07

Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/08/05

In "Star Wars," even as the Rebel Alliance celebrated defeating the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader and the Emperor were plotting their revenge. In the 1970s, even as environmentalists celebrated, dark forces were plotting how to gut the EPA and destroy the legislation protecting air, water, and wildlife.

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5:21

In the Catbird's Seat: A momentary diversion from...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/30

Laura has fallen in love with one particular catbird in her yard. Naturally, she's worried about it.

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5:28

Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/29

Three months after the first Earth Day, Richard Nixon proposed charging the new Environmental Protection Agency with setting goals and standards regarding pesticides, clean air, and clean water, and it was soon given regulatory authority. Laura was as relieved and joyful as Princess Leia at the end of the first Star Wars movie.

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5:42

Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/24

Everyday life for most Americans in the 1950s and 60s involved a mind-boggling array of toxic chemicals.

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5:29

When a Stranger Knocks (A momentary diversion from...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/22

Laura takes a momentary break from an important environmental issue to reminisce about a tragicomedy in the 1990s.

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5:47

Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections Part 1:...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/18

How did the nation come together to start the Environmental Protection Agency and pass the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts?

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5:58

Hoarding

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/17

When Blue Jays and chipmunks stash away food, some people call them greedy pigs. They're not.

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5:04

Crow vocalizations and good news

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/15

How can we possibly think we can communicate with non-human life forms from other galaxies when we can't communicate with intelligent carbon-based life forms right here on earth?

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5:51

Crows and the Unknowable

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/10

Two weeks ago, I transported a crow from my neighborhood and a fawn with neurological damage from our local Wildwoods rehab facility to Wild & Free in Garrison, Minnesota. Now I'm unsettled wondering how the crow is doing.

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5:55

My Backyard Habitat

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/09

Even with minimal effort, my backyard habitat is pretty nice!

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5:52

Flashcards

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/04

Back in 1977, Laura made flashcards from the illustrations in her original Golden Guide. She still has them.

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5:40

Veery

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/07/03

This thrush with the ethereal, spiraling song keeps many secrets that scientists keep trying to tease out.

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5:28

Superiority

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/21

Seeing ourselves as the one species at the pinnacle of evolution is as wrong-headed as seeing our planet at the center of the universe.

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4:47

Golden-winged Warblers

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/19

To know them is to love them. But first, we have to be aware of them.

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4:56

Connecticut Warbler

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/18

Seeing or even hearing one of these rare birds is a matter of the “3 P’s”: Patience, Perseverance, and Providence.

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6:13

A Tale of Two Endangered Species: Bachman's and...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/13

Two warblers were on the official Endangered Species List in 1973. Now they're both off the list, but for opposite reasons.

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4:40

Looking for Wood Thrushes

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/11

Last Tuesday, Laura and her friend Bernie found a Wood Thrush at one of Laura's favorite birding spots in Duluth. She hopes it attracts, or already has, a mate. (The [blogpost](https://open.substack.com/pub/lauraerickson/p/searching-for-wood-thrushes?r=aaa7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true) for this program is much longer and more fleshed out, with lots of photos.)

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5:39

Loggerhead Shrike!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/05

A cute little predator on the Endangered Species List for Wisconsin and Minnesota has been turning up here and there in both states this spring.

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5:30

Crested Caracara in Wisconsin

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/06/04

On Saturday, Laura went to Ashland County, Wisconsin, to look at a very lost tropical falcon, a Crested Caracara.

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6:06

Pileated Update

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/05/31

BB's fine but somebody isn't.

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