Laura Erickson's For the Birds

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-11-19

  In Retrospect: The BP oil spill, Part 4

Who can we trust after a major disaster?
2024-11-18

  In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 3

Laura visited one of the four rehab centers allowed to treat birds oiled in the Deepwater Horizon spill.
2024-11-12

  In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 2

Laura talks about the extremely low-tech and ineffective way BP tried to protect beaches and islands after the spill, and the even worse way they approached cleanup. There are many photos and a video on the accompanying blog post at (https://lauraerick...
2024-11-11

  Look to the Chickadees

As Laura faces her 73rd birthday in what feels like a hopeless time, she looks to chickadees. (This program was reworked from the "For the Birds" program from October 12, 2010.)
2024-11-05

  In retrospect: The BP Oil Spill, Part 1

The BP oil spill was when Laura learned just how much power a corporation has over individuals; well-meaning and well-respected organizations and institutions; and our government.
2024-10-29

  Standing up to them

Billionaires and corporations have too much power over us, birds, and the environment we need and share.
2024-10-25

  You're not getting older, you're getting better--oh, wait--you ARE getting older

Birding may keep us young, but not literally.
2024-10-23

  Transmission Lines, Part 2

Clean energy should be making us less, not more, reliant on huge transmission lines.
2024-10-22

  Transmission Lines

Power transmission lines can be very harmful for birds and human beings.
2024-10-18

  Going to a Scientific Meeting in 2024

Laura recently returned from the American Ornithological Society's annual meeting. Some things have changed, and some remain the same.