Laura Erickson's For the Birds

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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections Part 1: How Bad It Used to Be Jul 18, 2024

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How did the nation come together to start the Environmental Protection Agency and pass the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts?

Hoarding Jul 17, 2024

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When Blue Jays and chipmunks stash away food, some people call them greedy pigs. They're not.

Crow vocalizations and good news Jul 15, 2024

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How can we possibly think we can communicate with non-human life forms from other galaxies when we can't communicate with intelligent carbon-based life forms right here on earth?

Crows and the Unknowable Jul 10, 2024

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Two weeks ago, I transported a crow from my neighborhood and a fawn with neurological damage from our local Wildwoods rehab facility to Wild & Free in Garrison, Minnesota. Now I'm unsettled wondering how the crow is doing.

My Backyard Habitat Jul 09, 2024

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Even with minimal effort, my backyard habitat is pretty nice!

Flashcards Jul 04, 2024

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Back in 1977, Laura made flashcards from the illustrations in her original Golden Guide. She still has them.

Veery Jul 03, 2024

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This thrush with the ethereal, spiraling song keeps many secrets that scientists keep trying to tease out.

Superiority Jun 21, 2024

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Seeing ourselves as the one species at the pinnacle of evolution is as wrong-headed as seeing our planet at the center of the universe.

Golden-winged Warblers Jun 19, 2024

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To know them is to love them. But first, we have to be aware of them.

Connecticut Warbler Jun 18, 2024

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Seeing or even hearing one of these rare birds is a matter of the “3 P’s”: Patience, Perseverance, and Providence.

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