On May 25, Laura took her grandson on a long bird walk, but they saw a lot more than birds.

The exceptionally high wind on so many days this spring is hard on birds.

What was the 700th bird on Laura's continental US life list? (Photo of Smooth-billed Ani is from Panama in 2019.)

A splendid bird that was on the original Endangered Species List is now doing well by making the best of a bad situation.

In the past 3 weeks, the U.S. House Natural Resource Committee and the U.S. Senate both voted to rescind Endangered Species protections from the imperiled Lesser Prairie-Chicken, a slap in the face to the scientists and managers charged with safeguarding our natural resources, and to all Americans who love this splendid all-American bird, found nowhere on the planet except in the United States, vanishing before our eyes.

An unexpected four-day trip to Kissimmee, Florida, gave Laura a lifer!

Traveling to Florida raised several ethical issues for Laura.

Laura talks about the listing and numerical elements of her birding life.

Yesterday's ice storm in Duluth was harsher on birds than it was on us. (This program mentions the loon fallout happening right now. To report a downed loon, call REGI at 715-623-4015 or Loon Rescue at 715-966-5415.)

What's happening at the western tip of Lake Superior right now?

Bird flu is far from over. If we are feeding backyard birds, we need to be paying attention to them.

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

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

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.)

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.

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.)

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

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.

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

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.