Laura Erickson's For the Birds

Today Laura talks about a beloved bird who died last month, and a wonderful chick who hatched this month.

Today, February 15, marks the start of this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count. Laura explains how you can take part in this fun and rewarding annual tradition.

Laura celebrates Valentine’s Day this year thinking about Van Morrison and her very own brown-eyed owl.

Today Laura remembers Dr. Tom Cade, founder of The Peregrine Fund, who passed away last week at the age of 91.

Laura got to see a bird of the Pacific Northwest last weekend, just a few miles from her backyard in Duluth.

Laura gives some practical tips if you plan to come bird in northern Minnesota.

On Sunday, Laura had her best Superb Owl Sunday of them all.

Laura has a longstanding tradition of searching for owls on the day other people are watching flying pigskins. But only three times has she spent the day owling with her husband. How did the first two go?

Why is silence so hard to come by?

Laura unearthed this transcript from a program from the 90s, and decided it was worth a second look.

A turtle falling from the sky? Laura hears from a listener that came upon this exact situation.

People find Laura’s webpage, blog, and Flickr photos via Google and even Wikipedia. Last week her blog was quoted in a Pennsylvania news story when some middle school children discovered what appears to be twin chicks after hatching eggs for a classroom project.

KAXE listener Stephen Lorentz writes of watching a crow playing catch in the sky.

Laura spent a morning birding alone at Anzalduas Park in Texas, on the Rio Grande River along the Mexican border. She did indeed encounter a serious danger.

A Barred Owl flying into a truck in Upstate New York made the news this week. Laura was interviewed for a news story.

Sometimes, when nothing seems to be going right, one little bird can save the day.

Does our first bird of the year portend anything?

Jobs we do out of passion include some of the most important jobs of all, protecting birds as well as people.