Laura's Birding Blog

When I was a little girl, my most important job was to take care of my little sister Mary. I did as good a job as a big sister could, but t...

A few years ago, when my hummingbirds were trying to cope with a huge yellow jacket infestation, I ended up helping them by pulling out my t...

In a really cool experiment, researchers have discovered, or at least finally noticed, that birds are self-aware. Magpies are no bird-brain...

Today is the jolliest day of the year! Because results of the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are in!

With the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birthday coming this month, naturally I had to pull out the letter I received from him back in ...

I've got a new Mac, and have finally figured out how to post my podcasts with iWeb, though I don't know how to put it on my old site...

How does someone protect a plummeting population of Burrowing Owls between San Diego and the Pacific Coast, while also protecting endangered...

It's August, that time of year when the American Ornithologists' Union holds their annual meeting. This time it's in Portland, ...

Wow--it's already August first! This is (at least so far) the first year since 1985, when I had two toddlers and was pregnant or with a ...

Oh, my gosh. The company where I keep my website allowed my registration of lauraerickson.com to lapse, and now my website is utterly inacce...