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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Mistakes Я Us
25/09/2024 Duración: 06minMore cases of errors and mistaken identity, and one case of vindication
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Oops! Correcting the record
24/09/2024 Duración: 05minWhen Laura makes a mistake, she appreciates people who let her know about it, but notes that there are good ways and bad ways of doing so.
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Stokes Guide to Finches: Hawaiian Honeycreepers
20/09/2024 Duración: 04minLaura talked to Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their decision to include the finches of Hawaii (called the Hawaiian Honeycreepers) in their new book.
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Stokes Guide to Finches: Evening Grosbeaks
19/09/2024 Duración: 05minMatt Young is doing important work with his Finch Research Network to help one of Laura's favorite birds of all, the Evening Grosbeak. He and Lillian Stokes talked about this splendid bird and their new book.
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Stokes Guide to Finches: Goldfinches
18/09/2024 Duración: 04minWhen Laura talked with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches,* they talked about one of our most widespread, common finches, the American Goldfinch.
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For the Finches: How Lillian Stokes and Matt Young connected thanks to Red Crossbills
17/09/2024 Duración: 05minLaura spent time talking with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches*. Today they explain how they met and decided to produce this book.
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Book Review: The Stokes Guide to Finches
16/09/2024 Duración: 06minOn September 17, Little Brown will be releasing a great new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches.* Laura explains why she likes it.
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Blue Jay migration
06/09/2024 Duración: 04minThe mystery of Blue Jay migration, and the irony of human nature.
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Birdbaths!
04/09/2024 Duración: 05minOn Labor Day, Laura had a most unexpected visitor at her birdbath.
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Nighthawks!
29/08/2024 Duración: 05minDuluth birders, and even many non-birders, have been enjoying a huge nighthawk migration this week.
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Peabody Street Update: The Good News and the Bad News
28/08/2024 Duración: 05minThere's a lot happening on Peabody Street these days.
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Joan Brigham at 100!
20/08/2024 Duración: 07minLaura and Russ drove to Michigan this weekend to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the most important people in Laura's birding life.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 5B: Why Vilify Rachel Carson?
16/08/2024 Duración: 06minThe many forces funded by anti-environmental think tanks and the chemical industry are still vilifying Rachel Carson, accusing her of being responsible for the deaths of millions of children. Why are they so persistent?
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 5 A: The battle on the DDT front
15/08/2024 Duración: 06minHuman beings won a huge battle when DDT was banned. The powerful anti-environmental forces quickly regrouped to ensure that the success would not be repeated, and did their best to vilify the woman whose book sparked so much of the environmental movement.
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Birds Off a Feather
08/08/2024 Duración: 05minLaura gets a big kick out of her backyard birds who molt in August. Before they can again be as beautiful as possible, they must go through an Ugly Duckling stage. Fortunately, they don't have access to mirrors.
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The bear necessities and other close encounters of the mammalian kind
06/08/2024 Duración: 04minTwo mammals made a visit to Laura's yard on Sunday night.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 4: The Empire Strikes Back
05/08/2024 Duración: 05minIn "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 forces were plotting how to gut the EPA and destroy the legislation protecting air, water, and wildlife.
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In the Catbird's Seat: A momentary diversion from more important matters
30/07/2024 Duración: 05minLaura has fallen in love with one particular catbird in her yard. Naturally, she's worried about it.