While my parents aren't as, er, into birding as I am, they still point out the birds they see and get excited when they find one. They try their best, but they don't always get the name right. Here are some "alternate" bird names, as suggested by my parents (and some a few others):
Yellow chickadee, canary: American goldfinch
Canaduck: Canadian Goose
White goose: Mute/Tundra swan
Green Headed duck: Mallard
Mallard with the big bill: Northern Shoveler
Brown headed/long tailed mallard: Northern Pintail
Saw-Billed duck: Merganser
Dirty Bird, black goose: Cormorant
Little crane: Killdeer
Crane, Stork, Big blue crane: Great blue heron
White heron: Egrets
Little black duck: Coot
Tree pheasant: Ruffed Grouse
Eagle: Turkey vulture
Eagle: Red tailed hawk
Eagle: Seagull
Eagle: Osprey
Hawk: Eagle
Great white owl: Snowy owl
Blue swift: Tree swallow
Blue woodpecker: Belted kingfisher
Black-and-white woodpecker: Hairy/Downy woodpecker
Black-winged Redbird: Red-winged Blackbird
Sparrow: Wren, chickadee, nuthatch
Red Chickadee: House finch
Red Jay: Northern Cardinal
Not a bird, but:
Platypus: Muskrat
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"I have a bad habit of assuming all warblers are yellow warblers"
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