HeyJaredLaura Erickson's For the Birds
Laura's birding blog—usually a fleshed-out transcript of my radio program/podcast, with photos.
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- 15
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Aug 10, 2026
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September (opens the original)
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About that surprisingly old band… (opens the original)
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When Humor Doesn’t Land (opens the original)
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(Listen to the radio version here.)I grew up in a violent, abusive home. Sometimes I made light of it or even laughed about it with friends—a bitter kind of survival strategy. But if anyone else had made jokes about it, I’d have deeply resented it.Right as the anesthesiologist started putting me under for my mastectomy, I had a flash of inspiration. The phrase “In Mammoriam” popped into my head and I suddenly visualized a cemetery with the owl from Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, two tombstones
Surprising Discovery about My Female Banded Pileated Woodpecker (opens the original)
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Detaining Migrants Here in Duluth (opens the original)
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