Laura's Birding Blog

Last month when I interviewed ornithologist Don Kroodsma about his wonderful new book, Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist , we talked a bit...

Thank you to everyone who is donating to support my blog and podcast, via Patreon or sending donations directly to me. On August 5, I recei...

House Wrens nest in my neighborhood every year. My neighbor Jeanne has a wren house that is always a happenin’ place—I’ve taken photos of he...

Not since the 1980s, when my children were little, have I spent every single day of April, May, June, and July at home; August and September...

Back in the ‘90s when I was a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, one summer I was brought two baby flickers. Their nest tree had broken off ri...

When: Saturday , August 1, 2020, 7:00 pm CDT Where: Laura's Zoom Conference Room My  Patreon  supporters (and people who contributed bac...

I have a lot of memories of the first time Russ and I came up to northern Wisconsin to visit his parents in Port Wing after I became a birde...

Right this moment, there are more birds in North America than there will be at any time again this year. Baby birds hatched out from May thr...

( Listen to our conversation here. ) When I talked to Don Kroodsma last week, I told him about my pulling an all-nighter during the summer I...

( Listen to our conversation here. ) The only thing more splendid than looking at a Sandhill Crane is listening to one. Don Kroodsma shares ...