Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames

oroboros commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

HEY!! Great list, Reesetee!

December 7, 2007

trivet commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Does it count that my family calls all jays Gus and all Canada geese Rupert?

December 7, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Haha! Trivet, is your family really as hilarious as you describe it? :-)

Thanks, O--still working on it. Chime in with suggestions!

December 7, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

You sure these aren't porn star nicknames?

December 7, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

I was very much expecting that remark. :-) I daresay birding was a bit more entertaining back in the day.

December 7, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

"You think I'm a porn star? You bet!" crowed the timberdoodle cockily.

December 7, 2007

sionnach commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

r-t: You swear these are all boney-fidey? There are so many, it makes my head spin. And the porn star nickname hypothesis does have a certain ring of plausibility....

jerk-or-perk bird???? tee-hee. :)

December 11, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Yep, they're all bona fide. Most of them come directly from old ornithology publications. :-) Amazing, no?

Note, though, that it's not "jerk-or-perk bird" but "jerk-or perk-bird." I couldn't tell you why. But if you're familiar with any of the calls or songs of some of these birds, the goofy nicknames start to make a little more sense.

December 11, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Can we change the name of the whole site to Birdie? ;-)

December 12, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Or perhaps Sportie??

December 12, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Birdie and Sportie then. We can get rid of all this other rubbish.

December 12, 2007

chained_bear commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Well, dammit, we can't have nice things!

December 12, 2007

uselessness commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Somehow I knew my lists, none of which include birds or sports, were useless. Carry on.

December 13, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Well, there is a preponderance of excrement-related lists, too....

December 13, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

A new triad AND a new name for the site: Sportie, Birdie & Shittie.

December 13, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Er, uh...maybe we should stick with Wordie.

December 13, 2007

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Deep in my heart, I knew that niblicks, timberdoodles and fewmets would confound the revolution. All is lost.

December 13, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Okay, now that is a much better name: Niblicks, Timberdoodles, and Fewmets. How do we turn that into a URL?

December 13, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

How about onocrotal or onocrotalus, obsolete words for pelican.

December 18, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Wasn't that a species classification, though, mollusque, rather than a nickname?

December 18, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Yes, reesetee, but your description of the list included obsolete names.

December 20, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Fair enough! Added. :-)

December 20, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Woodcock isn't on a bird wird list. You prefer timberdoodle and bogsucker?

December 21, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Good grief, mollusque--what a glaring omission! And it's one of my favorite birds! Added to the U.S. list. Thanks for pointing that out. (I do like "timberdoodle," though.)

December 21, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Two more nicknames for woodcocks: hookumpake (American Midland) in MW3 and beccaccia (Italian) in OED2. I think they refer to different species. Also hootamaganzy for hooded merganser in MW3.

December 22, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thanks, mollusque! Keep them coming. :-) By the way, I already listed hoot-amaganzy (with hyphen). One of my new favorites to say aloud. Repeatedly.

December 29, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Will do. How about meadowwink?

December 29, 2007

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thanks, M--added, though why anyone needed to improve on bobolink is beyond me. ;-)

December 31, 2007

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

How about cargoose?

July 17, 2008

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

And coalgoose?

July 17, 2008

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thanks, mollusque! Good ones. :-)

July 22, 2008

she commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Ooh, oh: poë's another I came across recently.

August 9, 2008

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Embergoose!

February 21, 2009

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thanks, guys! Mollusque, I'd forgotten all about that one. She, I had "parson bird" but forgot to add it here. :-)

February 22, 2009

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

How about leadback, a kind of sandpiper.

February 22, 2009

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Yes, the Dunlin--or what used to be called the Red-Backed Sandpiper. Thanks, m.

February 23, 2009

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Picucule and woodhewer.

March 2, 2009

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Added. :-)

March 2, 2009

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Is that a quakerbird around your neck?

April 4, 2009

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

No, he's Presbyterian.

April 5, 2009

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

How about coddy-moddy?

August 27, 2009

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Great suggestion--thanks, mollusque.

August 27, 2009

ruzuzu commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

These are great - thanks, treeeees!

July 21, 2010

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

You bet. I'm enjoying your bird list, too. :-)

July 21, 2010

ruzuzu commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

zoozoo!

July 21, 2010

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Got it! Actually, I'd mis-listed it on another bird list, so I'm glad you mentioned it.

July 21, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

hecco, a.k.a. hickwall, NOT hecko.

December 6, 2010

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Hecko! Thanks--already had one; added the other.

December 6, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

whiteside - nickname for the golden-eye.

December 10, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

You list looby in your "Like 'em" L list. It's also a nickname for the ruddy duck.

December 10, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

I love this one: hill-star.

December 10, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

phip

December 11, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

wall-creeper, spider-catcher

December 11, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

half-bird

December 11, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

You might be interested in the godwit name info in the definitions of barge and goathead.

December 12, 2010

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Wow, h--you've been busy! Thanks for all the tips. :-)

December 13, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

See whitetail - a name for a hummingbird, and the wheatear.

December 13, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

See additional names synonymous with stilt-bird.

December 16, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

pickcheese, bluebreast, more-pork, yellowbird

December 19, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

sea-pigeon, meadow-hen

December 21, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

hill-tit, nettlebird, nettle-creeper

December 22, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

fireflirt

December 26, 2010

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thank you, hernesheir. I added wallcreeper (wall-creeper) to my Still More Birds list because that's its standard name rather than a nickname. Same goes for wheatear, on More Birds list. Many of the others I've already listed (hard to tell, I know, because the list is so long). A few are listed as unhyphenated.

January 8, 2011

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Yakamilk!

January 22, 2011

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Good one--thanks, mollusque.

January 22, 2011

mollusque commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

baldface

June 12, 2011

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Thanks, m.

June 12, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

krieker

April 16, 2012

reesetee commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

Added, thanks!

April 18, 2012

bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames

madge

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