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/.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 267
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Florida Scrub-Jay, Part 2a: To Know Them Is to Love Them
Why does Laura have such a *personal* love for Florida Scrub-Jays?
00:04:57 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
What's in a Name?
The American Ornithological Society just announced that they are changing the names of American birds named for people.
00:06:00 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
Our Responsibilities in Old Age
An astonishing 84 percent of Americans older than 65 think they will have to make just minor sacrifices in their lives, or none at all, because of global climate change. Laura is most seriously displ…
00:05:00 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Florida Scrub-Jays, Part I
One of the friendliest, most approachable birds on the planet deserves serious protection from the Endangered Species Act, but isn't getting it.
00:05:46 |
Wed 25 Oct 2023
Flamingo Road, Part I
Laura has wanted to see a wild American Flamingo in Florida since her first days of birding half a century ago, without luck. Would this trip to Florida be any different? (This episode was recorded i…
00:05:52 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
When Numbers Get Serious
How accurate are those Blue Jay counts at Hawk Ridge?
00:05:23 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Odd-tober!
A late Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Rose-breasted Grosbeak? More record-breaking numbers of Blue Jays? Flamingos in Wisconsin? This month is already on track to be an outlier.
*CORRECTION* A news…
00:05:23 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
Drama on Peabody Street
A Barred Owl turned up in Laura's yard, distressing all the nearby birds except two hopeful crows.
00:05:45 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Jim Baker Comments on New Hawk Ridge Record
On September 26, 2023, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth set a new season total for the number of Blue Jays flying past: an amazing 75,860, with more still coming! Jim Baker from Baker's Blue Jay…
00:03:31 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Late Outlier Hummingbirds
You never know when a late hummingbird is going to show up, or what species it will be.
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Mon 25 Sep 2023
Oops
Whether you're a fledgling woodpecker or a person on a bike, landings can be much more awkward than takeoffs.
00:04:47 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Whatever Happened to National Blue Jay Awareness Month?
Even though Laura, in her dotage, is growing forgetful and consumed with her grandson, she says it's not her fault that she didn't mention Blue Jays again after announcing that August was National Bl…
00:06:00 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Meet Christian Cooper!
In this week's episode of her wonderful podcast, ["Going Wild,"](https://link.chtbl.com/LTZFSlMP?sid=FortheBirds) Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant talks with Christian Cooper, author of *Better Living Through Bird…
00:05:22 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Hummingbird Migration
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are lingering in Duluth longer than usual this year. Why is that, and where are they headed?
00:06:00 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Tunnel Vision, Part 2
Conservation biologists tend to compete and undercut one another rather than cooperating, which can hurt the birds they think they're helping. Laura's hero Chandler Robbins provided a stellar example…
00:07:26 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Tunnel Vision, Part I
Conservation biologists have to look beyond their specialties and cooperate if they really want to help birds. My blog link includes the transcript for both this and the next program.
00:05:20 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
Generational Amnesia
People have a deep-rooted tendency to see the natural world as they first experienced it as "normal," without recognizing the many changes, including tragic, fairly recent losses, that were happening…
00:04:03 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
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