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lantech t1_itqsd7f wrote

Reply to comment by SnooMarzipans2939 in Was just on r/vermont and someone posted a picture of a blue heron by TheMobyDicks

That's not the point. I can find a few references to people calling cormorants shitpokes, but those references are largely just correcting people that are doing that.

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SnooMarzipans2939 t1_itqt0je wrote

Downeasters have referred to them for generations as Shitpokes. Both Herons and Cormorants are long necked birds. What someone calls these birds depends mostly on where they live.

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lantech t1_itqtsxy wrote

That's interesting, personally I've never heard them called that. Herons specifically have always been shitpokes. They're also markedly different looking birds, blue herons are huge. But I've never lived downeast so there you have it. I'll take your word for it and move on with my life.

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