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bag hawk

bag hawk
 n.— «Samuel Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, wrote, “Plastic bags trapped in trees and along fence lines are called bag hawks.“» —“Word Fugitives” by Barbara Wallraff The Atlantic July-Aug., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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