Laura Erickson is Science Editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She is the author of four books, including The Bird Watching Answer Book, and she also writes Twin Beaks, the first blog by birds and for birds. She migrates between her house and husband in Minnesota and her apartment and job in Ithaca, New York, where she lives with her dog, Photon; her indoor cat, Kasey; and an Eastern Screech Owl named Archimedes.