Laura Erickson's For The Birds
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Sinopsis
"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/.
Episodios
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Let's Talk Turkey
22/11/2023 Duración: 05minWild Turkeys are splendid birds, but maybe their introduction into areas where they were not historically found wasn't a good idea.
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Toddler-Approved Books, Part 2: Identification Guides
17/11/2023 Duración: 06minField guides and bird song books help children to recognize and name the birds around them, and that's a Good Thing.
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Toddler-Approved Bird Books
15/11/2023 Duración: 04minMust a book be entirely about birds to qualify? Laura doesn't think so. The books Walter is most enjoying right now are in the "Monkey with a Toolbelt" series, and Laura says they can help us teach the important role that birds play in our daily lives.
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Scrub Jays: From one species to four
14/11/2023 Duración: 04minTaxonomists have been studying, and revising their names for, scrub jays for a long time.
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The Healing Grace of Birds
13/11/2023 Duración: 05minWe have no clue how much birds deal with anxiety and worry, but they sure have the capacity to relieve ours.
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Florida Scrub-Jay, Part 2b: To Know Them Is to Love Them
08/11/2023 Duración: 06minThe Florida Scrub-Jay has many endearing habits which, tragically, don't seem to resonate with Florida's human population.
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Florida Scrub-Jay, Part 2a: To Know Them Is to Love Them
07/11/2023 Duración: 04minWhy does Laura have such a *personal* love for Florida Scrub-Jays?
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What's in a Name?
03/11/2023 Duración: 06minThe American Ornithological Society just announced that they are changing the names of American birds named for people.
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Our Responsibilities in Old Age
27/10/2023 Duración: 05minAn 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 displeased.
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Florida Scrub-Jays, Part I
25/10/2023 Duración: 05minOne of the friendliest, most approachable birds on the planet deserves serious protection from the Endangered Species Act, but isn't getting it.
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Flamingo Road, Part I
13/10/2023 Duración: 05minLaura 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 in my motel room, so the sound isn't ideal.)
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When Numbers Get Serious
09/10/2023 Duración: 05minHow accurate are those Blue Jay counts at Hawk Ridge?
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Odd-tober!
04/10/2023 Duración: 05minA 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.
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Drama on Peabody Street
28/09/2023 Duración: 05minA Barred Owl turned up in Laura's yard, distressing all the nearby birds except two hopeful crows.
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Jim Baker Comments on New Hawk Ridge Record
27/09/2023 Duración: 03minOn 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 Barn has a few thoughts.
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Late Outlier Hummingbirds
25/09/2023 Duración: 05minYou never know when a late hummingbird is going to show up, or what species it will be.