About this episode

Laura shares her heartfelt experience of raising baby Blue Jays with her children in the summer of 1991.

The summer of 1991, Laura and her children raised four baby Blue Jays, embedding the little things deeply in Laura's heart.

People in this episode

Host: Laura Erickson

Topics covered

• Blue Jays
• family
• parenting
• nature
• wildlife

Keywords

• Blue Jays
• parenting
• wildlife
• nature
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blue Jays

Places: summer of 1991

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