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
Trip Guilt and Guilt Trips
Is using energy always the same as squandering it?
00:05:19 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
Redpolls!
Along with Duluth's spring blizzard came redpolls! (In the background throughout, the sound is a recording of the redpolls at Laura's feeder made this past Saturday, March 30.)
00:05:26 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Flaco: Post Mortem
A post-mortem established that Flaco, the famous Eurasian Eagle-Owl whom a vandal released from the Central Park Zoo, was carrying lethal amounts of three anti-coagulants, a pigeon herpesvirus, and e…
00:05:43 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Stopping by Peabody Street on a Snowy Morning
Laura waxes poetic about a poet.
00:04:24 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Separation Anxiety
It's hard watching children, or a Pileated Woodpecker, move on to independence.
00:04:33 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Every Day Is a Gift, Part 3: The Big Island
The second half of Laura's trip to Hawaii was just as wonderful as the first.
00:05:37 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Every Day Is a Gift, Part 2: Kauaʻi
Laura's trip to Hawaii kept getting better.
00:05:07 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Every Day Is a Gift, Part I: Oahu
Laura's trip to Hawaii was wonderful, every single day.
00:06:02 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Our Changing World
The only constant is change, for better and for worse.
00:06:14 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Why I Live in Duluth
What drew Laura and her husband Russ to Duluth in 1981?
00:04:26 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Death of a New York Celebrity: Flaco the Owl
Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl whose enclosure in the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, leading to his escape on February 2, 2023, died Friday.
00:05:39 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Mission Accomplished: Fieldfare!!
Laura headed back to Prentice Park in Ashland on Wednesday and this time saw (and got VERY bad photos) of the Fieldfare.
00:05:20 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Chickadee with a Deformed Bill
On Tuesday, Laura suddenly noticed a chickadee with a badly overgrown, crossed bill at her feeder.
00:05:57 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Fieldfare: The One That Got Away
Last week, an incredibly rare vagrant from Eurasia turned up in Ashland, Wisconsin, sending Laura and Erik Bruhnke on a wild goose chase.
00:05:52 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Preparing for a Birding Trip
Preparing for a trip can start the fun weeks before I leave. (The accompanying photo is a Nene [Hawaiian Goose] taken by Russ while we were in Hawaii in 2000.)
00:05:40 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Superb Owl Sunday
Laura's annual celebration of Superb Owl Sunday was short on birds but did involve her first sighting of Girl Scout Cookies for 2024.
00:05:56 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
A Matter of Balance
Laura's was having severe dizzy spells, but they're gone now that a physical therapist showed her "the Epley maneuver." Bird ears have the same structures as ours only with an even more sophisticated…
00:05:40 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
Warm Winter
Mild weather may seem good for birds, but several issues complicate it.
00:05:24 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
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