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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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5:25

Learning Empathy from the Best

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/19

More evidence that Laura's fifth grade teacher was the very best. (The transcript for this program is the first half of the linked blogpost.)

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4:44

Premature obituaries

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/18

Reports of BB's demise were premature. When that happens to human beings, it can sometimes change history.

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4:45

Exit, pursued by a Cooper's Hawk

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/17

The banded Pileated Woodpecker who has been visiting Laura's yard for the past four years disappeared after a Cooper's Hawk was hunting in the vicinity. Laura expected the worst. But spoiler alert: he turned up again on Friday the thirteenth. While he was here, Laura recorded a video of him, which is the drumming sound at the beginning and ending of this program.

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5:40

No Way to Stop It

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/04

Laura remembers her fifth grade teacher, who taught her, via Rodgers and Hammerstein's original stage musical *The Sound of Music*, that real heroes stand up against cruel regimes even when there is no way to stop it.

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6:21

Frigid Temperatures

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/03

How do birds fare during frigid weather?

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5:29

Albatrosses

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/12/02

General facts about albatrosses and good news about a very special one.

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4:57

Thanksgiving 2024

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/29

Laura remembers three Thanksgivings of the past, and how a Pileated Woodpecker keeps those memories alive.

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9:23

In Retrospect: The BP oil spill. Part 5b--Complicity

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/26

Every environmental organization down in the Gulf during the BP oil disaster had to abide by a 5-year moratorium on ALL of their eye-witness information except as BP allowed. National Audubon did way more than honor BP's rules--they publicly parroted all of BP's false claims minimizing how bad the disaster was.

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5:52

In Retrospect: The BP oil spill. Part 5--Staying...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/25

At the time of the BP oil spill, Laura thought some important organizations were complying with BP more than they should have. Now, as she explains, she realizes that most of them weren't cowardly.

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5:02

In Retrospect: The BP oil spill, Part 4

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/19

Who can we trust after a major disaster?

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6:00

In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 3

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/18

Laura visited one of the four rehab centers allowed to treat birds oiled in the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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6:55

In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 2

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/12

Laura talks about the extremely low-tech and ineffective way BP tried to protect beaches and islands after the spill, and the even worse way they approached cleanup. There are many photos and a video on the accompanying blog post at (https://lauraerickson.substack.com/p/getting-away-with-murder-part-2)

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5:10

Look to the Chickadees

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/11

As Laura faces her 73rd birthday in what feels like a hopeless time, she looks to chickadees. (This program was reworked from the "For the Birds" program from October 12, 2010.)

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5:22

In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 1

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/11/05

The BP oil spill was when Laura learned just how much power a corporation has over individuals; well-meaning and well-respected organizations and institutions; and our government.

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6:21

Standing up to them

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/29

Billionaires and corporations have too much power over us, birds, and the environment we need and share.

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5:11

You're not getting older, you're getting better--oh,...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/25

Birding may keep us young, but not literally.

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5:28

Transmission Lines, Part 2

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/23

Clean energy should be making us less, not more, reliant on huge transmission lines.

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5:29

Transmission Lines

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/22

Power transmission lines can be very harmful for birds and human beings.

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5:45

Going to a Scientific Meeting in 2024

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/18

Laura recently returned from the American Ornithological Society's annual meeting. Some things have changed, and some remain the same.

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5:50

Going to Scientific Meetings in Past Decades

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2024/10/17

Laura's has attended a few professional ornithological meetings through the years.

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