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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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6:03

Bird Flu Update

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/03/19

Famous migration patterns of swallows and cranes is scary this year, as wild and domesticated birds are still dying of highly pathogenic avian influenza and humans are getting infected, but we're losing the very forces that usually manage these crises.

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6:11

The Most Adorable Bird in the Universe

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/03/14

Laura is bewitched by Cuban Todies.

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6:23

A Personal Ray of Hope

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/03/10

Laura's hearing loss has grown worse since the pandemic, but suddenly things are looking up!!

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6:24

My 2025 Chickadee Pilgrimage

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/03/06

The morning after she got home from Cuba, Laura and her husband set out for East Lansing, Michigan, so she could see a chickadee in the same area where she saw her first exactly 50 years ago. The blogpost corresponding to this segment is much longer, with lots of photos.

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7:00

Cuba!!!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/28

Laura had a splendid trip to Cuba.

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7:51

Explosions R Us

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/14

Elon Musk is hoping to set up a launching and landing area for his SpaceX Starships in a very vulnerable, important area.

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5:44

Superb Owl Sunday 2025

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/12

Laura and Russ had a "Three Owl Morning" on Superb Owl Sunday.

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8:06

The Best Pine Siskin EVER!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/10

Laura tells the true story of a baby Pine Siskin.

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4:00

Pine Siskins!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/07

Laura's feeders are buzzing with the "Miss Congenialities" of the finch family.

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6:16

Bird Flu Update

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/05

STOP feeding ducks! Feeding other birds may be fine, depending on where you live.

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5:58

Another Owl Adventure

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/02/04

Knowing when and when not to intervene when an owl seems distressed is not straightforward.

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5:52

The Completely Made-Up Story of Frederick the...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/29

For a while in the 90s, Laura had two licensed education birds, a nighthawk and a Blue Jay, both lovable but entirely different. They inspired this story, written in 2020.

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4:44

Staying Healthy While Birding in Other Countries

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/27

Laura's stayed healthy while birding in Central and South America, Europe, and Africa thanks to the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Health.

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5:44

BB Update

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/21

BB the banded Pileated Woodpecker still visits Laura's yard now and then.

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8:34

A Great American President

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/20

Jimmy Carter did not fail us. We failed him. (I used Lang Elliott's recording of a Brown Thrasher, the state bird of Georgia, for this program.)

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6:28

Owl Irruption

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/16

Northern owls are staging an irruption this year, many of them physically stressed. Birders can't help but want to see them. If birders stick together and stay on the road, most owls can handle birders and photographers.

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4:39

Year of the Chickadee, Part 3

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/08

Laura has lots of plans to celebrate her "Year of the Chickadee."

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7:23

Year of the Chickadee, Part 2

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/07

It took Laura 67 days from receiving her first pair of binoculars to her going out to find her first bird. How did she spend that time?

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5:32

Year of the Chickadee, Part 1

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/01/06

Fifty years ago, Laura was abysmally ignorant about birds. And then--a miracle!

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6:39

Empathy: An Innate Quality

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/20

Humans aren't the only creatures who have a need to nurture and help others. (This program's transcript is the second half of the linked blogpost.)

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