Laura's birding blog—usually a fleshed-out transcript of my radio program/podcast, with photos.
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Hope for the Future
(Listen to the radio version here.)
This Violet-fronted Brilliant was one of the many hummingbirds I saw in Ecuador in December. Looking at Hunter Biden’s “Hummingbird of the South” conjures the magic of that trip.
Scientists keep learni...
Good link to tonight's program
In my last post, I accidentally linked to my Google Calendar, NOT the actual Zoom meeting about Cuba Birds. The proper link is here. The program is tonight, June 30, 2026, at 7 pm CDT. I will record it and get it up on my website as soon as...
Bird Life on Islands
(Listen to the radio version here.)
Cuban Tody
In the past two years, I’ve been to Hawaiʻi, Florida’s Dry Tortugas, and Cuba, and I’m headed to the Galápagos next summer, so I’ve been thinking a lot about islands—how because of their isol...
A Trip Down (or Up?) Memory Lane
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Russ had a milestone birthday in February—he turned 75. I’ve always given him nine months to test the waters before I jump in, so I’m waiting till November to mark that milestone. Russ also retired this...
Monarchs: are they ever bird food?
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Just-hatched monarch caterpillar eating the chorion (egg shell)
I learned a little about monarch butterflies in high school—that their eggs are always laid on the underside of a milkweed leaf; that the...
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I'm author of more than a dozen books about birds. I've been producing "For the Birds," a radio program that also evolved into a podcast, since 1986.
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