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goosander maybe "Irish canvasback"?

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lance biechele

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Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:42:03 -0800

Come on and lighten-up Phil -
   The latin name sticks but throughout the decades [according to Kortwright]
this handsome duck has also been known as "saw-bills," "fish ducks", 
"goosanders" or "sheldrakes."
   Are these names going to banned??
   Can I still call goldeneye - "whistlers"?
Good Birding,
Lance