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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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5:56

Let's Talk Turkey

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/22

Wild Turkeys are splendid birds, but maybe their introduction into areas where they were not historically found wasn't a good idea.

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6:02

Toddler-Approved Books, Part 2: Identification Guides

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/17

Field guides and bird song books help children to recognize and name the birds around them, and that's a Good Thing.

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4:43

Toddler-Approved Bird Books

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/15

Must a book be entirely about birds to qualify? Laura doesn't think so. The books Walter is most enjoying right now are in the "Monkey with a Toolbelt" series, and Laura says they can help us teach the important role that birds play in our daily lives.

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4:37

Scrub Jays: From one species to four

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/14

Taxonomists have been studying, and revising their names for, scrub jays for a long time.

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5:31

The Healing Grace of Birds

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/13

We have no clue how much birds deal with anxiety and worry, but they sure have the capacity to relieve ours.

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6:16

Florida Scrub-Jay, Part 2b: To Know Them Is to Love Them

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/08

The Florida Scrub-Jay has many endearing habits which, tragically, don't seem to resonate with Florida's human population.

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4:57

Florida Scrub-Jay, Part 2a: To Know Them Is to Love Them

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/07

Why does Laura have such a *personal* love for Florida Scrub-Jays?

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6:00

What's in a Name?

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/03

The American Ornithological Society just announced that they are changing the names of American birds named for people.

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5:35

Birding Ethics

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/11/01

Is respecting private property too much to ask?

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5:00

Our Responsibilities in Old Age

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/27

An astonishing 84 percent of Americans older than 65 think they will have to make just minor sacrifices in their lives, or none at all, because of global climate change. Laura is most seriously displeased.

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5:46

Florida Scrub-Jays, Part I

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/25

One of the friendliest, most approachable birds on the planet deserves serious protection from the Endangered Species Act, but isn't getting it.

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5:44

When Plans Go Awry

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/20

Sometimes Plan B turns out to be better than Plan A.

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4:40

Flamingo Road, Part 2

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/17

A wild flamingo chase becomes a family affair.

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5:52

Flamingo Road, Part I

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/13

Laura has wanted to see a wild American Flamingo in Florida since her first days of birding half a century ago, without luck. Would this trip to Florida be any different? (This episode was recorded in my motel room, so the sound isn't ideal.)

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5:23

When Numbers Get Serious

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/09

How accurate are those Blue Jay counts at Hawk Ridge?

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5:23

Odd-tober!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/10/04

A late Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Rose-breasted Grosbeak? More record-breaking numbers of Blue Jays? Flamingos in Wisconsin? This month is already on track to be an outlier.*CORRECTION* A newspaper article that I consulted got the name of the St. Marks NWR flamingo wrong, but I didn't discover this until I'd recorded the program. The name is not Phineas Phlamingo but Pinky. Also, the bird turned up there after Hurricane Michael in 2018, not in 2019.

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5:45

Drama on Peabody Street

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/09/28

A Barred Owl turned up in Laura's yard, distressing all the nearby birds except two hopeful crows.

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3:31

Jim Baker Comments on New Hawk Ridge Record

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/09/27

On September 26, 2023, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth set a new season total for the number of Blue Jays flying past: an amazing 75,860, with more still coming! Jim Baker from Baker's Blue Jay Barn has a few thoughts.

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5:05

Late Outlier Hummingbirds

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/09/25

You never know when a late hummingbird is going to show up, or what species it will be.

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4:47

Oops

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/09/21

Whether you're a fledgling woodpecker or a person on a bike, landings can be much more awkward than takeoffs.

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