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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In My Prime
15/11/2022 Duración: 05minLaura's 71st birthday, as usual, has her thinking about birds.
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Phainopepla: A Bird as Unique as Its Name.
09/11/2022 Duración: 05minA bird with a cool name is unique in other ways, too.
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Phainopepla: Which way did she go?
08/11/2022 Duración: 05minMinnesota's first record of a Phainopepla stuck around the McQuade boat landing from October 29 through November 1. Where is she now? No one will ever know.
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The New Kid on the Block
04/11/2022 Duración: 04minA new Pileated Woodpecker spent some time in Laura's yard making her wonder how Pileateds figure out bird feeders.
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What's the Name of That Song?
02/11/2022 Duración: 06minNew apps can identify songs for us, whether those songs were produced by a person or a bird. (The program opens with a Sesame Street recording of "What's the Name of That Song?" and uses the "Li'l Darlin'" tract from the album *The Atomic Mr. Basie*.
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When Rarity Begets Rarity
31/10/2022 Duración: 05minWhen birders gather to see one rare bird, they often spot another one.
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Birds in Art, Part 3: When Birds and Humans Intersect
25/10/2022 Duración: 05minLaura's favorite thing about the Woodson Art Museum's annual "Birds in Art" exhibit is how each artist has a unique spin on the theme.
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Birds in Art, Part 2: The 2022 Exhibit at the Woodson Art Museum
24/10/2022 Duración: 05minLaura talks about her visit last month to the Leigh Yawkkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau to see the 2022 Birds in Art exhibit.
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Birds in Art, Part I: A little history
21/10/2022 Duración: 05minLaura's annual sojourn to the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau to see this year's Birds in Art exhibit got her thinking about the history of bird art.
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The Value of Certified Coffee
18/10/2022 Duración: 04minLaura's quiet morning routine would be far less satisfying if the coffee she drank had robbed tropical birds of habitat or hurt the people growing and harvesting it.
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Joy in the Morning
17/10/2022 Duración: 05minStarting the day with a cup of coffee while watching chickadees, Blue Jays, and a Pileated Woodpecker just inches away--what could be better? (Any time I mention a photo or video, it appears on that program's blog post. Today's shows video of the Pileated bobbing her head.)
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When Numbers Get Serious
14/10/2022 Duración: 05minBlue Jays broke a record this month--over 60,000 of them migrated over Hawk Ridge in Duluth. What does this mean? And what the heck does it have to do with baseball?
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Saw-whet Owl!
07/10/2022 Duración: 05minThis week, a little saw-whet owl turned up behind Laura's backyard.
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Hit By Pitch
27/09/2022 Duración: 07minBaseball players sometimes get hit by pitches--nowadays no one more than Laura's favorite player of all, Anthony Rizzo. But those players have a much greater survival rate than the hapless dove who got beaned by a baseball.
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Hawk Ridge: Fifty Years and Counting!
22/09/2022 Duración: 04minThis is the fiftieth anniversary of Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve in Duluth. People will be celebrating this weekend.
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Part 2
21/09/2022 Duración: 05minStony Point was filled with happy birders on Saturday morning.
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Part 1
20/09/2022 Duración: 03minIt's hard to get anything accomplished when an extremely rare Fork-tailed Flycatcher appears.