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reesetee commented on the word steel-yard bird
Old New York nickname for the Spotted Sandpiper. Other nicknames include teeter-peep (MA) and jerk-or perk-bird (VA). The Spotted and other small sandpipers were nicknamed graybacks, maggot-eaters and sea-chickens in North Carolina.
December 11, 2007