Laura Erickson's For The Birds
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 22:13:59
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Sinopse
"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/.
Episódios
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The Sapsucker–Hummingbird Connection
17/04/2024 Duração: 05minDuring spring migration, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds usually arrive a couple of weeks after Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers do, for a very good reason.
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Hawaii before chickens and humans arrived
16/04/2024 Duração: 05minMillions of years ago, Hawaii was off to a rocky start.
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Chickens, Part 1.5: Kin of Chickens
11/04/2024 Duração: 05minThe rules of counting non-native birds are not always consistent.
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Chickens, Part I: Domestication
10/04/2024 Duração: 05minThe most abundant bird on the planet, feeding billions of humans every day, is the chicken. Laura talks about how they became domesticated and some genetic differences between domestic birds and their wild ancestor, the Red Junglefowl. The recording used in this program is of a wild Red Junglefowl in India, recorded and contributed to Xeno-Canto by Lars Lachmann.
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Solar Eclipse!
08/04/2024 Duração: 05minLaura remembers a wonderful eclipse from three decades ago.
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Trip Guilt and Guilt Trips
05/04/2024 Duração: 05minIs using energy always the same as squandering it?
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Flaco: Post Mortem
29/03/2024 Duração: 05minA post-mortem established that Flaco, the famous Eurasian Eagle-Owl whom a vandal released from the Central Park Zoo, was carrying lethal amounts of three anti-coagulants, a pigeon herpesvirus, and even a toxic metabolite of the pesticide DDT. Is anyone actually "free" if they have no alternative but to eat poisoned food?
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Stopping by Peabody Street on a Snowy Morning
27/03/2024 Duração: 04minLaura waxes poetic about a poet.
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Separation Anxiety
26/03/2024 Duração: 04minIt's hard watching children, or a Pileated Woodpecker, move on to independence.
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Every Day Is a Gift, Part 3: The Big Island
25/03/2024 Duração: 05minThe second half of Laura's trip to Hawaii was just as wonderful as the first.
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Every Day Is a Gift, Part 2: Kauaʻi
21/03/2024 Duração: 05minLaura's trip to Hawaii kept getting better.
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Every Day Is a Gift, Part I: Oahu
20/03/2024 Duração: 06minLaura's trip to Hawaii was wonderful, every single day.
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Why I Live in Duluth
29/02/2024 Duração: 04minWhat drew Laura and her husband Russ to Duluth in 1981?
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Death of a New York Celebrity: Flaco the Owl
27/02/2024 Duração: 05minFlaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl whose enclosure in the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, leading to his escape on February 2, 2023, died Friday.
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Mission Accomplished: Fieldfare!!
23/02/2024 Duração: 05minLaura headed back to Prentice Park in Ashland on Wednesday and this time saw (and got VERY bad photos) of the Fieldfare.
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Chickadee with a Deformed Bill
22/02/2024 Duração: 05minOn Tuesday, Laura suddenly noticed a chickadee with a badly overgrown, crossed bill at her feeder.