250 episodes
Laura Erickson's For the Birds Laura Erickson
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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/.
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Don't Count Your Chickens...
Chickens haven't established themselves as wild, feral birds in most places in the world, but they're still the most abundant bird on the planet.
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Here come the chickens!
If chickens found their way to Hawaii on their own, things would have worked out okay for everyone. Unfortunately, they brought humans along, too.
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The Sapsucker–Hummingbird Connection
During 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
Millions of years ago, Hawaii was off to a rocky start.
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Chickens, Part 1.5: Kin of Chickens
The rules of counting non-native birds are not always consistent.
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Chickens, Part I: Domestication
The 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.