My Mother (many years dead now at an age of over 90) also referred to the
Shypoke as a Slough Crane, but her preference was Shypoke....however we may
have the spelling wrong, as I think it comes from a German word or
expression, at least according to some German-American friends who also
called them that.

Roger Olstad
Lake Forest Park

> From: Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>
> Reply-To: celata at pacifier.com
> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:07:26 -0700
> To: themartins at tndmartin.com, Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Question From A Beginner
>
> The "official" standardized English name is American Dipper.
> This is what the AOU calls it.
>
> Water Ouzel can be more properly referred to as a colloquial
> name or local vernacular when used on American Dipper. Most
> organisms on the planet has multiple colloquial names. Ouzel
> for example means, according to "The dictionary of American
> Bird Names", blackbird. It has been used colloquially for
> European Blackbird and is still used for Ring Ouzel and the
> European Water Ouzel (though Jonsson's "Birds of Europe" lists
> list the latter as just Dipper).
>
> As you continue to build on your experience as a birders
> listen for the following colloquial bird names:
>
> Speckle belly
> Blue-bill
> Mudhen
> Shypoke
> Buzzard
> Fish hawk
> Jack snipe
> Goatsucker
> Bee-martin
>
> And I have every confidence that others will contribute more
> now that we've started.
>
> Subject: Question From A Beginner
> From: "TipAndDick" <themartins AT tndmartin.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 19:08:33 -0700
>
> Hello,
>
> My wife and I love this new hobby; it's grown on us over the past several
> years, but we feel like baby beginners. This is our first post to this list.
>
> We stopped at Olallie State Park three days ago with the hope of seeing some
> birds. We didn't see many, but we were thrilled to see an American dipper
> and a barred kingfisher. It was our first time for seeing the dipper, and it
> was a joy to watch. Later, a friend asked if the dipper is the same bird as
> the water ouzel, and we discovered that it was.
>
> Could someone please tell us a little more about the reason for the two
> common names for the same bird?
>
> Also, are there any folks on this list from NCW?
>
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
> Beginner's Luck.... on the science and serendipity of finding stuff
> http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/mbalame/archives/002787.html
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