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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cavan wood" data-source="post: 597712" data-attributes="member: 106919">Ah Nick!  These folks have me pretty much convinced to switch to female mourning and now you're going with connecticut?  Oh well, as long as the bird and it's mate know, I guess that's all that really counts.By the way, it's well know, in very limited circles, that "HWICK" is scandinavian for the Saskatchewaneze word "chukk" (two k's because of the polish origins), which the Americans have americanized to "cheek".  All very simple really.  Put them all together and it sounds a bit like part of the courtship song of a woodcock just before it dives. Scott</blockquote>