Laura reads from some recent letters from listeners about Evening Grosbeaks and American Robins.

Chickadees are starting to build a nest in Laura's neighbor's yard—she'll keep us up to date on what's happening.

Laura's first warbler walk on Park Point didn't have a single warbler, and only 15 bird species total, but she still had a great time.

Laura took a fun, unexpected trip to Chicago last weekend, and was rewarded with an unexpected and really cool bird .

Every Tuesday and Thursday in April and May, Laura leads warbler walks for Duluth Audubon Society. What did they see the first day out?

Laura talks about how we measure bird declines and why it's so difficult to pinpoint why birds disappear at a particular feeding station. She also asks listeners in the Rhinelander, Wisconsin, area to let her know how their backyard feeding went this year.

A WXPR listener has had very few birds at his feeder this year, and asks Laura if he should continue bird feeding.

Of all the birding and ornithology figures Laura has ever known, her greatest hero, as an ornithologist, a conservationist, and a human being, is Chandler Robbins. He died on March 20.

Laura's longer remembrance of him is on [her blog](http://blog.lauraerickson.com/2017/03/chandler-robbins-19182017.html).

Laura just discovered, after all these years, that the sound balance of her programs is off--she makes the birds louder than they should be relative to her voice. She is trying to make this better.

As of today, Laura has been a birder for 15,354 days. How many chickadees has she seen in that time?