Laura Erickson's For the Birds

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A Great American President Jan 20, 2025

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Jimmy Carter did not fail us. We failed him. (I used Lang Elliott's recording of a Brown Thrasher, the state bird of Georgia, for this program.)

Owl Irruption Jan 16, 2025

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Northern owls are staging an irruption this year, many of them physically stressed. Birders can't help but want to see them. If birders stick together and stay on the road, most owls can handle birders and photographers.

Year of the Chickadee, Part 3 Jan 08, 2025

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Laura has lots of plans to celebrate her "Year of the Chickadee."

Year of the Chickadee, Part 2 Jan 07, 2025

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It took Laura 67 days from receiving her first pair of binoculars to her going out to find her first bird. How did she spend that time?

Year of the Chickadee, Part 1 Jan 06, 2025

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Fifty years ago, Laura was abysmally ignorant about birds. And then--a miracle!

Empathy: An Innate Quality Dec 20, 2024

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Humans aren't the only creatures who have a need to nurture and help others. (This program's transcript is the second half of the linked blogpost.)

Learning Empathy from the Best Dec 19, 2024

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More evidence that Laura's fifth grade teacher was the very best. (The transcript for this program is the first half of the linked blogpost.)

Premature obituaries Dec 18, 2024

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Reports of BB's demise were premature. When that happens to human beings, it can sometimes change history.

Exit, pursued by a Cooper's Hawk Dec 17, 2024

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The banded Pileated Woodpecker who has been visiting Laura's yard for the past four years disappeared after a Cooper's Hawk was hunting in the vicinity. Laura expected the worst. But spoiler alert: he turned up again on Friday the thirteenth. While he was here, Laura recorded a video of him, which is the drumming sound at the beginning and ending of this program.

No Way to Stop It Dec 04, 2024

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Laura remembers her fifth grade teacher, who taught her, via Rodgers and Hammerstein's original stage musical *The Sound of Music*, that real heroes stand up against cruel regimes even when there is no way to stop it.

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