Laura's birding blog—usually a fleshed-out transcript of my radio program/podcast, with photos.
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Not a Very Warm Welcome
(Listen to the radio version here when I record it in the morning.)
I love birding in my own backyard, especially during spring migration. Seeing and, sometimes even more thrillingly, hearing new arrivals is magical.
Up here, migration i...
You CAN Go Home Again
(Listen to the radio version here.)
I used to find Thomas Wolfe’s words “you can’t go home again” comforting. My childhood home was violent and scary—I’d never want to go back there. But I’ve thoroughly enjoyed returning to other former ho...
Down to the Wire
(Listen to the radio version here.)
Little by little, the pace ever accelerating, corporations and the billionaire class of America have been taking over more and more of the national treasures that belong to all of us. They’ve always run...
Whip-poor-will!
(Listen to the radio version here.)
Have you ever watched babies in strollers or backpacks at a shopping mall? Everything is new and draws their gaze—they haven’t figured out what to ignore yet. Without filters, they stare out bewildered,...
Our Culture of Secrecy
(Listen to the radio version of the first part here, and the second part here.)
Part 1: Secrets are natural, and not all of them are bad.
My house on Peabody Street was originally a one-story bungalow, but during the Depression, a lar...
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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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