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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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6:52

Superb Owl Sunday 2026

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/02/10

Laura went out with her husband Russ to search for owls Sunday. Their sightings were limited to a couple of owl decoys, but they still saw some cool birds, and Laura remembers a lifetime of owls she has seen with Russ.

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5:15

Hummingbirds Pre-History

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/02/06

Hummingbirds have a fascinating fossil record.

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7:00

Hummingbirds: The Big Picture

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/02/04

An overview of the hummingbird family

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6:29

Blue-gray Tanager!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/02/03

Laura reminisces about the second tropical bird she ever saw.

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6:58

Cocks-of-the-rock!!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/28

Laura talks about the orangest members of the exotic cotinga family.

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7:56

Chickadee Strong

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/27

We Minnesotans are banding together in an inclusive, cohesive, peaceful rebel alliance, just like chickadees.

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9:06

Enough is enough

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/23

Laura is honoring today's “Get ICE Out of Minnesota” “Day of Truth and Freedom.”

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7:58

The Day of the Condor, Part 2

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/16

Last month, Laura got to feast her eyes on her "Most Wanted Bird" in the world--an Andean Condor.

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8:56

Day of the Condor, Part 1

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/15

Today Laura celebrates the California Condor.

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5:40

2026: The Year of the Pigeon?

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2026/01/07

What does it mean when your first bird of the year is a pigeon?

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6:32

The Darkling Thrush

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/31

One of Laura's listeners and readers, Linda Peplinski, gave Laura a lovely reminder of Thomas Hardy's poem *The Darkling Thrush.*

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6:45

Homecoming

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/26

Five percent of Laura's joy in a trip comes during the planning stages; 45 percent comes during the actual trip; and a full 50 percent comes in the days, weeks, and years after the trip is over.

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5:41

Ecuador!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/24

Laura's back from a wonderful trip.

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7:52

Katie's Birthday

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/10

Laura's daughter, turning 42 years old on December 10, is facing a hard ordeal.

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5:07

Ecuador!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/09

On December 8, Laura plans to go to sleep on the far side of the Equator.

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7:34

Energy Star

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/12/02

Tech companies and data centers will squander electricity and water until we impose strict regulations and give them cost incentives.

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4:52

Fakery

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/11/21

Why would anyone use AI to create fake birds when reality is so splendid?

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6:04

Big Data

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/11/18

Little by little, we've become inured to more and more technological intrusions, some of which bear enormous environmental costs.

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7:55

Book Review: New edition of the National Geographic...

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/11/11

It's comprehensive and includes birds of Hawaii now, but is too big to carry in the field, and the font is much too small to be readable for me.

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5:54

Another October Rarity: A Cattle Egret!

Laura Erickson"s For the Birds ·

2025/11/05

What's a cattle egret doing just outside Duluth around Halloween?

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