On Mon, 14 Aug 1995, Jon Anderson wrote:

> ......Suspending the net above the pond creates a visual barrier to
> these "shitepokes".....
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Wow, Jon--you've just reminded me of one more of those "popular" bird
names that we've discussed before. I grew up in Iowa, and knew the
American Bittern by the name "shitepoke." // So where did YOU grow up,
Jon? Anyone else know either the heron or the bittern by this name? Where
did this come from? --EB