I love the breathy wolf-whistle of the Upland Sandpiper. An uppie is never a downer.
A Double-crested Cormorant with eyes a dazzling blue — enough to have made Jack Benny nervous.
The American Bittern has a flock of nicknames — barrel-maker, belcher squelcher, bog-bull, bog-hen, bog-trotter, butter bump, dunk-a-doo, mire-drum, night-hen, plum puddin', post-driver, slough pumper, stake-driver, sun-gazer, thunder-pumper and water-belcher.