Unfortunately, Laura has had to cancel this appearance…
Free and open to the public!
Speaker: Laura Erickson, award winning author of 12 books and producer of ‘For the Birds”
Did you know that the average weight of loons is more than twice the average weight of Great Blue Herons? Or that Great Horned Owls keep their eggs a toasty 100 degrees or hotter while incubating, even when temperatures are well below freezing in February? Or that White-throated Sparrows come in two different plumages, tan and white striped, with sexes roughly equal in each plumage, but almost all mated pairs include one bird of each plumage. Laura Erickson will share fun, little known stories and cool facts about Madeline Island’s common summer birds and will give tips on how we can protect them.
LAURA ERICKSON, recipient of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology’s Golden Passenger Pigeon Award (2022), the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union’s Thomas Sadler Roberts Memorial Award (2020), and the American Birding Association’s Roger Tory Peterson Award (2014), has been a scientist, teacher, writer, wildlife rehabilitator, professional blogger, public speaker, photographer, American Robin and Whooping Crane Expert for the popular Journey North educational website, and Science Editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She’s written twelve books about birds including, in 2020, The Love Lives of Birds.Her titles also include the ABA Field Guide to the Birds of Minnesota; the National Geographic Pocket Guide to Birds of North America; the best-selling Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds (co-authored by photographer Marie Read); the National Outdoor Book Award-winning Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids; 101 Ways to Help Birds; and The Bird Watching Answer Book for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She’s currently a columnist and contributing editor for BirdWatching magazine. Since 1986 she has been producing the long-running “For the Birds” radio program for many public radio stations; the program is podcast on iTunes. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.
