When I was growing up in southern Illinois the locals called it Shyke-poke. I finally realized they were talking about at that time Green-backed Herons, now just Green Herons. Speckle-bellies or Specks: Greater White-fronted Geese as named by hunters Charlie Henderson KY ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]