sky rat
n.— «It’s common to hear Canada geese referred to as “sky rats.” A term reserved for many years by seagulls along the Jersey shore.» —“No swan song yet for Canada geese” by Dale Machesic PhillyBurbs.com (Pennsylvania) Sept. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Amid court-ordered busing in the 1970s, a middle-school teacher tried to distract her nervous students on the first day of class with this strange assignment: find a monarch caterpillar. The result? A memorable lesson in the miracle of metamorphosis...
There was a time when William Shakespeare was just another little seven-year-old in school. Classes in his day were demanding — and all in Latin. A new book argues that this rigorous curriculum actually nurtured the creativity that later flourished...