Yeah, not sure how that one has stuck in my brain after all of these years, probably the same way just about everything else seems to I guess. I think I originally heard it on the TV at one point, or the movies, and it stuck. One character or another called somebody else that, I thought it sounded cool and started using it myself.
But, like so many other things, it’s totally tangential to what made me think of it. Why I thought of it was because of these guys and gals here.
They are Black-bellied whistling ducks! See the connection? Not much of one right? My mind at work.
These ducks are pretty darn interesting for a number of reasons, not the least of because they don’t quack – ever. They don’t really whistle either to be honest, more like a peep. I guess calling them the Black-bellied peeping duck was out of the question so whistling is what they landed on.
They are pretty cool though. They land in trees as well and actually do have a nice sound to them. They are here to greet us every morning now. Not a bad way to start the day!