37: European Roller - Migration Across the Sahara, Vomiting for Self-Defense

Birds of a Feather Talk Together

John and Shannon's son moved to Slovakia to play professional hockey - so we discuss a bird native to that area: The European Roller. These birds are super cool and so much fun to learn about. From their interesting leapfrogging migration pattern to Africa, to the self-defense method that many of their chicks use: vomiting. Make sure to google these birds because their color is absolutely magnificent.
We also answer a mailbag question about bald eagles, and set up for a full episode that we'll do on bald eagles in a few weeks.
We finish out the episode with the next round of our Round Robin tournament and vote on the third round of birds from our previous episodes.
It's our regular hosts John Bates, Shannon Hackett, RJ Pole, Amanda Marquart, and we're also joined by Louise Bodt again this week.
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