Michael,

I beg to differ. The sound like they're saying "oldsquaw" to me.

Gene.

At 11:47 PM 11/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets
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>Gene Hunn writes:
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>>2 Oldsquaws flying south (I like that name; though politically
>>incorrect, it is actually onomatopoetic,
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>Sorry, Gene, but I'm afraid you may be liking the name for the wrong reason.
>Actually, it is more accurate to say it is *not* onomatopoetic since the
>males don't issue any calls that sound like its AOU-sanctioned name. One
>Inuit name for this duck that was *strictly* onomatopoeic was 'Ank-ang-alik'
>which had no meaning other than referring to this species by invoking the
>male's song.
>
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