Laura Erickson's For the Birds

For the Birds radio program podcasts!

To subscribe to the Podcast, click here: .rss file (http://lauraerickson.com/Radio/Podcasts/FTB.xml)

If you have iTunes, the script for just about all of these is in the "Info" Lyrics tab.

Bird recordings courtesy of Lang Elliott and his Nature Sound Studio, and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.

Listen to individual programs here (most reruns from previous years are on my Radio Station Page):

April, 2008

March, 2008

March 4: Baker Woodlot Then and Now
March 7: Early Spring
March 10: Experiencing Nature First Hand
March 21: Anticipating Woodcocks
March 24: Contentment
March 27: Golden-crowned Kinglet
March 28: Minimum Daily Requirement of Birds

February, 2008

February 28: Dove Hunt
February 27: Respiration
February 26: Bird Bodies
February 25: Geese in Winter
February 15: Bucket List
February 11: Stupid Email Spam
February 1: Great Backyard Bird Count

January, 2008

January 31: Willow Ptarmigan
January 30: Mourning Dove
January 29: Mark in Maryland's Mourning Warbler Story
January 28: Spying on my birds with a BirdCam
January 25: House Sparrow
January 23: House Finch
January 21: Internet Birding
January 18: White-breasted Nuthatch
January 17: Peregrine Falcon vs. Great Horned Owl (to see the owl in the falcon box, click at the Oak Creek cam here.)
January 15: Pileated Woodpecker
January 11: Serendipity Owl
January 10: Yard Lists
January 9: Migrant Birder
January 4: Sapsucker Woods
January 3: Tufted Titmouse
January 2: Year Lists
January 1: Happy New Year!

November, 2007

November 2: Interview with Colonel Jerome Pratt 16:15 (about the Pigeon Companies of the Army Signal Corps , originally taped in November, 2000, with Tim Winker)

October, 2007

October 30: Ghost Story 4:25
October 24: Autumn Blues 4:55
October 22: Stephen Colbert's Bears 3:46
October 17: Autumn 5:05
October 16: Bears! 5:10
October 12: Hairspray 4:17
October 2: Chickadee Hierarchies 4:52

September, 2007

September 28: Wartime Conservation 5:04
September 25: Migration update 4:59
September 20: Blue Jays 4:52
September 19: Hawk Ridge 3:31
September 18: Whooping Cranes! 4:35
September 12: Bathing Swainson's Thrush 4:48
September 11: Alex the Parrot 4:52
September 10: White-throated Sparrow 4:58
September 5: Nuthatch Part 2 5:09
September 4: Nuthatch Part 1 5:00
September 3: Mockingbird 4:21 (repeat from 2002)

August, 2007 (Programs with an * profile birds that are on Audubon's list of the 20 common species that are disappearing)

August 31: Migration Update 4:41
August 30: Migratory Weight Loss 3:49
August 29: Nighthawks 4:58
August 23: Hawk Ridge 4:13
August 17: A Walk at Tettagouche State Park 5:26
August 15: Drought 4:20
August 13: Rufous Hummingbird 3:43
August 10: Peregrine Watch 4:45
August 9: * Northern Pintail 4:11
August 6: * Evening Grosbeak 4:49
August 3: * Bobwhite 4:47
August 2: The Birder and the Hunter Should Be Friends 4:30

July, 2007

July 31: Robert Baldwin's A Loon Story 3:59
July 30: Hawks vs. Dogs 4:43
July 27: Summer Riches 4:11
July 20: Harry Potter 4:10
July 19: Summer Birding 4:21
July 17: Baby Merlins 4:59
July 16: Breeding Bird Survey 4:59
July 10, 2007: Dark Sky 4:01
July 3, 2007: Porcupines 4:33

June, 2007

June 28, 2007: Wonderful Bird Bath! 4:12
June 19 Cicadas
June 11-18 repeat programs which you can download here.
June 8: Robins 4:36
June 7: Oriole feeder hazard 4:27
June 6: Live life like a chickadee 4:29
June 5: Mourning Dove Survey 4:17
June 4: Blue Moon 4:39
June 1: Snowy Plover 4:07

May, 2007

May 30: Common Moorhen 4:05
May 29: Kirtland's Warbler 4:46
May 28: Cowbirds II--5:35 (Part 2)
May 25: Cowbirds I--5:18
May 24: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 5:11
May 23: Oklahoma! 5:01
May 22: Hummingbirds in trouble 5:09
May 21: Duluth Peregrine Falcons 2007: 4:15

(gone to Oklahoma)
May 3: Prairie Chickens Part 2 4:43
May 2: Prairie Chickens 4:43
May 1: Twitterpated Chickadees 4:11

April, 2007

April 30: Sapsuckers 3:52 (repeat from 2000)
April 27: April Dusk 5:55
April 26: Sharp-tailed Grouse 4:28
April 25: Bell's Palsy 4:32
April 24: Spring Robins 4:53
April 23: Earth Day 2007 5:40
April 20: Dr. Ruth V -- Do birds fart? 4:45
April 19: Dr. Ruth IV -- The Scoop on Poop 5:05
April 18: Dr. Ruth III -- Birds Do It 4:16
April 17: Dr. Ruth II--Priming the Pump 3:52
April 16: Dr. Ruth I--Bird mating equipment : 4:03
April 13: George's Blue Jay story: 4:03
April 12: Kurt Vonnegut 3:49
April 11: Evening Grosbeak Declining Numbers: 3:56 (repeat from 2004)
April 10: Mockingbirds 4:21 (repeat from 2004)
April 9: Helping birds in cold weather 4:49
April 6: Pigeon feeding ordinance 4:39 (Repeat from 2006)
April 5--Song Sparrow 5:03 (repeat from 2002)
April 4--Chickadees and Politics 3:27
April 3--The Awkward Season 4:10
April 2--Weather and birds 4:51
April 1--April Fools! (This one from 1988--the John Chickenfat Sled Bird Race) 5:26

March, 2007

March 30--no program--I was sick
March 29: Peter Dring's stories 5:07
March 28: Woodpeckers and Aldo Leopold's sawyer 5:01
March 27: Lynne Cason's story 3:35
March 26: Robert Frost's Birthday 4:23

From the Archives:

Interview with Don Kroodsma from April, 2005
- Part 1: The Singing Life of Birds: 6:06
- Part 2: Songs of chickadees: 5:14
- Part 3: Sedge Wrens and Brown Thrashers : 5:18
- Part 4: Raising baby birds and waking up early: 5:45
- Part 5: Noise pollution: 4:55
- Part 6: Favorite bird songs : 5:25
Laura's Tribute to Paul Wellstone 4:36 Transcript
Laura's Tribute to Fred Rogers 6:00 Transcript
Jayagra (Well, if you want to know, you'll just have to see for yourself.) 0:53
Where the Boids Are The bluest thing Laura's ever written (April Fool's Day, 2003) 7:59
Laura interviews Dave Barry (with Tim Winker)--in which Dave promises that if he's elected president he will name me his Secretary of Birds. (1999) 12:27
Laura interviews Dave Barry--in which Dave discusses his little daughter Sophie's love for ducks. (2001) 15:18
Blue Jay Intelligence (featuring 4-year-old Tommy Erickson, 1990) 4:32
Christmas with Jim Baker (featuring John Keenan and Karen Keenan, 1999) 6:24
How Earth Angel Bird Identification Binoculars saved Christmas (featuring Ian Smith, Ramiro Figuero, and Joe Erickson, 1999) 2:00
Farewell to Love Stories (Featuring Karen and John Keenan, 1998) 4:44
Music of Your Blue Jays (featuring John Keenan, Katie Erickson, Russ Erickson, Tommy Erickson, and Joey Erickson, 1991) 5:13
The Pigeons of Madison County (featuring Karen Keenan and John Keenan, 1995) 5:42

Program history: For the Birds was first broadcast on KUMD on Monday, May 12, 1986. It was picked up in 1987 by KAXE, WOJB, and WXPR, and a year or two later by KVSC. More recently it's been picked up by KSRQ in Thief River Falls, MN, and WRFA-LP in Jamestown, NY.

About Laura Erickson

All my writing, images, videos, and sound recordings are copyrighted © 1997 - 2007 by Laura L. Erickson. I love to share my work to promote bird conservation and education, and to help people enjoy and learn about the birds and other creatures who live with us on this little planet. I produce this webpage, my radio program, and my photography and sound recordings entirely at my own expense. I could not bear for my hard work to be used to promote any product, company, or organization that is in any way harmful to birds. Please do not use any of my work in any for-profit projects without written permission from me. You can ask for permission by emailing me at chickadee@lauraerickson.com.