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
The bear necessities and other close encounters of the mammalian kind
Two mammals made a visit to Laura's yard on Sunday night.
00:04:42 |
Tue 06 Aug 2024
Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 4: The Empire Strikes Back
In "Star Wars," even as the Rebel Alliance celebrated defeating the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader and the Emperor were plotting their revenge. In the 1970s, even as environmentalists celebrated, dark …
00:05:07 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
In the Catbird's Seat: A momentary diversion from more important matters
Laura has fallen in love with one particular catbird in her yard. Naturally, she's worried about it.
00:05:21 |
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 3: A New Hope
Three months after the first Earth Day, Richard Nixon proposed charging the new Environmental Protection Agency with setting goals and standards regarding pesticides, clean air, and clean water, and …
00:05:28 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 2: Pollution—A Way of Life
Everyday life for most Americans in the 1950s and 60s involved a mind-boggling array of toxic chemicals.
00:05:42 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
When a Stranger Knocks (A momentary diversion from more important matters)
Laura takes a momentary break from an important environmental issue to reminisce about a tragicomedy in the 1990s.
00:05:29 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections Part 1: How Bad It Used to Be
How did the nation come together to start the Environmental Protection Agency and pass the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts?
00:05:47 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Hoarding
When Blue Jays and chipmunks stash away food, some people call them greedy pigs. They're not.
00:05:58 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Crow vocalizations and good news
How can we possibly think we can communicate with non-human life forms from other galaxies when we can't communicate with intelligent carbon-based life forms right here on earth?
00:05:04 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Crows and the Unknowable
Two weeks ago, I transported a crow from my neighborhood and a fawn with neurological damage from our local Wildwoods rehab facility to Wild & Free in Garrison, Minnesota. Now I'm unsettled wondering…
00:05:51 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
My Backyard Habitat
Even with minimal effort, my backyard habitat is pretty nice!
00:05:55 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Flashcards
Back in 1977, Laura made flashcards from the illustrations in her original Golden Guide. She still has them.
00:05:52 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Veery
This thrush with the ethereal, spiraling song keeps many secrets that scientists keep trying to tease out.
00:05:40 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Superiority
Seeing ourselves as the one species at the pinnacle of evolution is as wrong-headed as seeing our planet at the center of the universe.
00:05:28 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Golden-winged Warblers
To know them is to love them. But first, we have to be aware of them.
00:04:47 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Connecticut Warbler
Seeing or even hearing one of these rare birds is a matter of the “3 P’s”: Patience, Perseverance, and Providence.
00:04:56 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
A Tale of Two Endangered Species: Bachman's and Kirtland's Warblers
Two warblers were on the official Endangered Species List in 1973. Now they're both off the list, but for opposite reasons.
00:06:13 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Looking for Wood Thrushes
Last Tuesday, Laura and her friend Bernie found a Wood Thrush at one of Laura's favorite birding spots in Duluth. She hopes it attracts, or already has, a mate. (The blogpost for the program is much …
00:04:40 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Loggerhead Shrike!
A cute little predator on the Endangered Species List for Wisconsin and Minnesota has been turning up here and there in both states this spring.
00:05:39 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Crested Caracara in Wisconsin
On Saturday, Laura went to Ashland County, Wisconsin, to look at a very lost tropical falcon, a Crested Caracara.
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Tue 04 Jun 2024
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