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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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Yellow-rumped Warblers

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/04/18

Yellow-rumped Warblers return well before other warblers because they literally have intestinal fortitude.

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5:09

First Robin of Spring

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/04/11

Robins appeal to our eyes and ears, and also to our hearts and souls.

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5:33

April Is the Cruelest Month

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/04/10

April is cruelest for lonely souls who may not discern all the pairings and romantic songs and surging new life all around. Perhaps we must feel a part of nature, rather than bitter onlookers, to take joy in the reawakening of song and romance and nesting and new life. (This program was recast from a 2004 "For the Birds" program for which the audio is lost.)

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Spring Reunions

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/04/06

Mother Nature loves to play tricks on us on April Fool's Day, but sometimes it's worth braving the weather, whether we're swans or humans.

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5:29

Baker's Blue Jay Podcast (for April Fools Day)

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/04/01

Jim Baker, from Baker's Blue Jay Barn, "Up the Shore a Ways," has an exciting announcement! (Stations can play this on Friday if they want.)

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5:15

BB, My Special Pileated Woodpecker

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/30

Laura's been keeping track of a banded Pileated Woodpecker since November 2021, and now he seems to have found love.

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5:43

Heartbreak on Peabody Street

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/29

Laura found herself with a hurt Hairy Woodpecker last week, which reminded her of her old rehab days and why she no longer does this every day.

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4:51

Looking for Spring in All the Wrong Places

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/27

It's the sixth snowiest winter on record in Duluth, and Laura is hungry for spring.

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5:05

Flaco the Eagle Owl: To Count or Not to Count?

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/20

Last month, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl escaped from the Central Park Zoo in New York City and, despite many efforts to capture him, seems to be doing fine on his own so far. David McArthur, one of Laura's podcast listeners in New York, wonders if he can count this bird on his life list? The Eurasian Eagle-Owl recording used in this program was made in France by Dominique Guillerme, XC780278 via xeno-canto.org. And the photo of Flaco is from Wikipedia, taken by Rhododendrites.

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5:26

Eurasian Tree Sparrow!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/14

This year, some plucky little Eurasian Tree Sparrows, far from their species' established range, have been wintering in Superior, Wisconsin. Laura and Erik Bruhnke spent Saturday morning looking for them.

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4:28

Enhance Your Nest Boxes with Bark!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/13

Just in time for spring, Laura's friend, wildlife biologist, and all-around good person Jerry Wayne Davis has a great suggestion for improving our nest boxes--add bark to the front to give birds a more secure and comfortable perch.

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4:44

Spring Update

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/09

It may not look like it yet, but spring has sprung.

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5:10

Chickadee Day

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/03/08

Most birders do not keep track of the date on which they saw the first bird on their life list, but that doesn't matter.

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5:02

Together and Apart

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/24

Family vacations can be fun for everyone, as long as we remember that every one of us enjoys different things.

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5:42

Earning Trust in the Age of Climate Change

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/20

Birds and grandchildren learn to trust us to do the right thing.

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5:16

Birding Basics: Binoculars

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/16

Laura talks about things to consider when buying new binoculars

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4:59

Superb Owl Sunday 2023

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/14

Laura went out with her husband Russ Sunday in hopes of seeing an owl on Superb Owl Sunday.

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5:17

Birds Specializing on Conifers

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/10

Some birds depend on conifers for very specific reasons.

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5:39

100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Conifers

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/08

Today Laura talks about the importance of conifers—both trees and shrubs—in backyard habitat, for providing food and shelter both.

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5:17

Slow Birding

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2023/02/02

A birder named Bridget Butler has been teaching wonderful workshops and online classes about "Slow Birding"—connecting with the birds we see rather than rushing and listing. She did not write the new book titled *Slow Birding*, a new book by Joan E. Strassmann, which would better have been titled *Detailed Descriptions of Some Ornithological Research Projects on Some Familiar Birds*. Many of the tagged species are not mentioned in the podcast but are discussed in the blogpost.

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