Name of an animal or bird?

Question

Has anyone ever heard the name: Shike Poke used in referrence to an animal or bird? I'm selecting botany as the category as I can find no other one that seems to apply!

Why all the references to Long Island? Do ya'll live on Long Island? Looks like noone has a novel answer of their own. Could this be a form of plagarism?

Answer 1

It is a bird. The American bittern is a heron-like bird that we seldom encounter on Long Island. We are more likely to see one in the winter than in the summer. While occupying their breeding territory, they make a distinctive sound that cannot be mistaken for the sound of any other species.

It is a three-syllable, "pumping" expulsion-of-air sound, a little like the sound a massive hammer makes when it hits a large spike in hard ground and resonates; John Henry's hammer could have made such a sound.

"Shike-poke" is just one of its onomatopoeic names, deriving from this sound. Stake-driver, thunder-pumper, and bog bull are other names derived from the bittern's peculiar notes.

Answer 2

Shike-Poke" is a bird.
The American bittern is a heron-like bird that we seldom encounter on Long Island. We are more likely to see one in the winter than in the summer. While occupying their breeding territory, they make a distinctive sound that cannot be mistaken for the sound of any other species.

It is a three-syllable, "pumping" expulsion-of-air sound, a little like the sound a massive hammer makes when it hits a large spike in hard ground and resonates; John Henry's hammer could have made such a sound.

"Shike-poke" is just one of its onomatopoeic names, deriving from this sound. Stake-driver, thunder-pumper, and bog bull are other names derived from the bittern's peculiar notes.

Answer 3

"Shike-Poke"
The American bittern is a heron-like bird that we seldom encounter on Long Island. We are more likely to see one in the winter than in the summer. While occupying their breeding territory, they make a distinctive sound that cannot be mistaken for the sound of any other species.

It is a three-syllable, "pumping" expulsion-of-air sound, a little like the sound a massive hammer makes when it hits a large spike in hard ground and resonates; John Henry's hammer could have made such a sound.

"Shike-poke" is just one of its onomatopoeic names, deriving from this sound. Stake-driver, thunder-pumper, and bog bull are other names derived from the bittern's peculiar notes.

Answer 4

From RootsWeb :

"Shikepoke is a bird, actually three birds, 1. the bittern 2. the small green heron of N America (Butorides virescens) and 3. the black-crowned night heron. "

From Tennessee - A Guide to the State:

"Living in large colonies, herons return year after year to the same nests. Reelfoot Lake is also visited during the year by nearly all species of North American wading or swimming wild fowl. Numerous along all the State's water courses is the green heron, known variously as 'shikepoke,' and 'fly-up-the-creek.'"

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It's A BIRD