The other day Ahna Lena and I took drive on the road behing Kotzebue. The dogs ran around and Ahna picked Labrador Tea on the tundra.
While we were out there we saw several long-tailed jaegers.
Ahna said that in Inupiaq they are called Isingak (IH-sing-uk.
She said "We also used to call then 'shit hawks' in english.
I asked "why is that?"
And she replied, "I dunno, we just did".
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Just beautiful!
as a possible explanation Shite Hawk is a Royal Navy term for seagulls.
glad your back
My god I've missed your photos. And I think I'd LIKE Ana Lena... shit hawks. Love it. Even if there IS a real explanation, as someone said. I think I just like thinking thats what they called them for NO reason!
Oh fudge, that was just me, above. Too many darn google accounts to sign in and out of.
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