EXTRA: Birds in the News— Live Interview at KUMD with Lisa Johnson
This aired live on November 5 and was very fun to do. Lisa has been one of the very best interviewers I've dealt with in my long career, and I've been...
Laura Erickson's For the Birds
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"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/.
Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
Laura concludes National Pigeon Week by talking to Rosemary Mosco about pigeons used in wartime.
Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, Part 4
Rosemary Mosco explains why pigeons have never been raised as prolifically in captivity as chickens, how cool their neck's circulatory system is, what...
Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching Part 3
Today Rosemary Mosco explains how we know the Neanderthals domesticated pigeons, and ways people have used pigeons over the ages.
Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, Part 2
Today Rosemary Mosco tells Laura why pigeons are doves, why they're dinosaurs, and why they're puppies.
Book Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, Part I
Laura decided to make this National Pigeon Week to celebrate Rosemary Mosco's new book, *A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World'...
1991 Halloween Blizzard Reminiscences
Laura remembers the famous Halloween snow storm 30 years ago.
Pandemic Birding
Yesterday, Ethan Freedman wrote an op-ed for *Slate* magazine about how the pandemic made him lose interest in birding. Laura hopes he at least keeps ...
Sharing a Sense of Wonder with Walter
Laura talks about the delight she takes in watching her little grandson looking at birds.
Migration Update
This is a banner year for Blue Jays in Duluth. Laura's concerned about how other species are doing.