She's Back!
Wisdom, the oldest wild bird in the known universe, returned to Midway Island again!
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/.
A Belated Thank You to Randal Robinson
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The Chickadee deserves a place in Guinness World Records
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