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Eagles Revisited – Varmints! – 87
Podcast |
Varmints!
Publisher |
Donna Hume
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Jul 04, 2018
Episode Duration |
00:41:32
Eagles! This week on the Varmints we’re presenting a rerun of our episode on the 4th of July, because EAGLES! The Bald Eagle has been [...]
Eagles! This week on the Varmints we’re presenting a rerun of our episode on the 4th of July, because EAGLES! The Bald Eagle has been an official symbol for America since 1782, and is one heck of an interesting animal, so today we’re going to take a look at the whole gosh darn species. Swoop in and enjoy! “Did somebody say “eagle”?” But first, the news! Biologists observe bald eagles not being complete jerks. He took “fly like an eagle” literally… Now let’s learn about eagles! Eagle nests are called “aeries” and to call them ginormous is an understatement. Learn all about them in this article courtesy of the National Eagle Center. “Herb? Herb? Gosh darnit, where is that eagle…” There is a reason we call someone with great vision “eagle eyed” in the English language. Check out this cool article about eagle vision, courtesy of Indiana Public Media. “I seeeee you!” Enjoy this beautiful painting of a bald eagle by John James Audubon while you listen to the wonderful Mariah Avix read The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  Her rendition is at time mark: 00:00. From John J. Audubon’s beautiful book, Birds of America. The Eagle BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.   On a much lighter note, check out this video of Sam the Eagle, one of the original muppets. He is even older than Kermit! Sam is a funny commentary about censorship, a fine example of Jim Henson’s ability to deliver meaningful content without being preachy. And, it’s hilarious! Video courtesy of YouTube user Matthew Shaughnessy.  “Lady Wrestlers?!?” The eagle is a popular animal in heraldry. Why do so many countries have an eagle in their coats of arms? Here’s a great article courtesy of Quora.com that discusses that question. Varmints! podcast’s buddy Paxson asked us to talk about Harpy Eagles. Turns out that as far as their general behavior and effect on pop culture, they aren’t really different enough from other eagles to fill up a whole show on their own. So, we decided to discuss them for Paxton as a show segment instead. They are super cool and the babies are ADORBZ! Check out this great article about them courtesy of the Peregrine Fund. “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.” “Or me ’cause I am legit adorbz.”     Now you know a bit more about eagles than you did this morning! What’s your opinion on them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, volunteer your rugrat to say something on our podcast, or just drop us a line about anything at varmintspodcast@gmail.com! We might even read your fascinating email on the show. Your feedback is always welcome! Connect with your Varmints! hosts| Paul Csomo| Donna Hume| The Show And a very special welcome to the more than 1,100 of you that gave us a like on our Facebook page. Holy cow! Thank you! We hope you like what you hear and we look forward to hearing from you soon! All music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) About our voice actors: Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live. Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than. Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast. Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1) Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True

Eagles!

This week on the Varmints we’re presenting a rerun of our episode on the 4th of July, because EAGLES! The Bald Eagle has been an official symbol for America since 1782, and is one heck of an interesting animal, so today we’re going to take a look at the whole gosh darn species. Swoop in and enjoy!

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“Did somebody say “eagle”?”

But first, the news!

Biologists observe bald eagles not being complete jerks.

He took “fly like an eagle” literally…

Now let’s learn about eagles!

Eagle nests are called “aeries” and to call them ginormous is an understatement. Learn all about them in this article courtesy of the National Eagle Center.

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“Herb? Herb? Gosh darnit, where is that eagle…”

There is a reason we call someone with great vision “eagle eyed” in the English language. Check out this cool article about eagle vision, courtesy of Indiana Public Media.

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“I seeeee you!”

Enjoy this beautiful painting of a bald eagle by John James Audubon while you listen to the wonderful x.com/">Mariah Avix read The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  Her rendition is at time mark: 00:00.

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From John J. Audubon’s beautiful book, Birds of America.

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

 

On a much lighter note, check out this video of Sam the Eagle, one of the original muppets. He is even older than Kermit! Sam is a funny commentary about censorship, a fine example of Jim Henson’s ability to deliver meaningful content without being preachy. And, it’s hilarious! Video courtesy of YouTube user Matthew Shaughnessy. 

“Lady Wrestlers?!?”

The eagle is a popular animal in heraldry. Why do so many countries have an eagle in their coats of arms? Here’s a great article courtesy of Quora.com that discusses that question.

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Varmints! podcast’s buddy Paxson asked us to talk about Harpy Eagles. Turns out that as far as their general behavior and effect on pop culture, they aren’t really different enough from other eagles to fill up a whole show on their own. So, we decided to discuss them for Paxton as a show segment instead. They are super cool and the babies are ADORBZ! Check out this great article about them courtesy of the Peregrine Fund.

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“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.”

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“Or me ’cause I am legit adorbz.”

 

 

Now you know a bit more about eagles than you did this morning! What’s your opinion on them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, volunteer your rugrat to say something on our podcast, or just drop us a line about anything at varmintspodcast@gmail.com! We might even read your fascinating email on the show.

Your feedback is always welcome!

Connect with your Varmints! hosts| Paul Csomo| Donna Hume| The Show

And a very special welcome to the more than 1,100 of you that gave us a like on our Facebook page. Holy cow! Thank you! We hope you like what you hear and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

All music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
About our voice actors:
Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live.
Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the americana.com/">Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Andrea Freitas runs the A Measured Life blog and is a co-host on the Feast On History podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.

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