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Sleek black loons, herring gulls, harlequin ducks and oldsquaw dive at the fish on the surface, and eagles, falcons, terns and plovers glide above.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2016

The first was for the oldsquaw, a species of waterfowl now known as the long-tailed duck.

From Washington Post

Two oldsquaw decoys�one carved in the 1800s by Lothrop Holmes of Kingston, Mass., and the other carved in the early 1900s by Orlando Sylvester of South Hapswell, Maine�sold for $115,000 and $143,000, respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the frenzy of bidding ended at Guyette and Schmidt�s July auction, some of the highest price tags belonged to the smallest duck that hunters pursue, the oldsquaw.

From Time Magazine Archive