tonguethesaurii

onomatopoeia of the day     :

FUUT  [ füüt]  This also being the Dutch name for one the most beautifull birds of the universe.Most of the time this bird utters a quite hoarse call ('kreq'' comes to mind) but during mating time (see pictures below), also whistling tones. The great crested grebe ( the english thesaurii don't reveal where this namecomes from, maybe from the hoarse call? )is called in different regions of the Netherlands:

pronkvogel -strutbird, 

grote aalduiker - great eeldiver (they are great divers,leaving a trace of small bubbles,that, raising to the waterlevel burst and share their greatcrestedgrebelungscontent with the athmosphere), 

loem-connected with 'loon',

zandreiger-sandheron, 

keizer-emperor, 

satijnduiker -satindiver,

 kroonduiker -crowndiver,

 garnaalvreter-shrimpglutton,

hjerringslynder (frisian) -herringswallower.