The goshawk's name comes from Dutch for "goose hawk," although goshawks would have a tough time bringing a goose to the table--probably the name is because of goose-like coloration or gooselike size.
What luck to have been there!" The slides belong to Elizabeth Bishop, the "we" is May Swenson (1913-1989) and her partner Rozanne Knudson, the Blue-Footed Boobies are gooselike tropical seabirds living on arid islands off South America's Pacific coast, with five-foot wingspan and powder-blue webbed feet.