Monosyllabic Bird Thread

[Pure]

should be

'strich'

I add

'pie'

 

[matriarch]

Foul! (Fowl?) Two syllables!

Alex

Ooooopsssssss.
My bad.

*return to start, do not pass go, do not collect £200)*

 

[matriarch]

Finch

'finch' was offered by Liar early on page 1, but seems to have slipped through the net...

OK, I've been through all the posts now, and added everything of one syllable, whether I believe you people or not. .....even Pure's 'stritch'.

auk
chat
chick
chough
cob
cock
coot
crane
crow
daw
dove
duck
finch
goose
grebe
gull
grouse
hawk
hen
huff
jay
kite
knot
lark
loon
owl
pie
quail
rail
roc
rook
ruff
scaup
shag
shrike
smew
snipe
stint
stork
'stritch
swan
swift
teal
tern
thrush
tit
twite
wren

 

[Alex De Kok]

We've had 'Swan', and we've had male swan, 'Cob'. So, female swan - 'Pen'.

Alex

 

[Guest]

stilt
(black-necked)

 

[SummerMorning]

'Io

(a hawaiian hawk, apparently - not sure how many syllables)

 

[SummerMorning]

And there's a beetle called a Took Tookie in SAR.

 

[dysphemist]

brant

 

[shereads]

auk
chick
cob
coot
crow
dove
duck
goose
grebe
hawk
huff
jay
lark
loon
owl
quail
rail
roc
rook
shag
shrike
snipe
stork
swan
teal
tern
thrush
tit
wren


Updated from the last posts.......adding Cant's 'rail', which came in when I was updating.

"Don't RAIL at me, you old COOT," said the CHICK with the TEAL feather boa.

What a LOON, thought JAY. And to think he'd been tempted to SHAG her. Jay had caught a THRUSH infection while cleaning a horse's hooves and his feet itched. Distracted, he failed to DUCK when the girl plucked a tassel from her left TIT and threw it in his eye.

She left in a HUFF, muttering, "That will teach you to GOOSE someone's ass and CROW about it."

Moments later, shots rang out and Jay DOVE for cover. "Nice SWAN dive," shouted the man in the car. It was Billy Bob, who had taken a SNIPE at him just for a LARK. "You're so easy to ROOK."

Jay was OWL-eyed. Thank God his COCK was okay!

"AUK," said his parrot.

 

[impressive]

"Don't RAIL at me, you old COOT," said the CHICK with the TEAL feather boa.

What a LOON, thought JAY. And to think he'd been tempted to SHAG her. Jay had caught a THRUSH infection while cleaning a horse's hooves and his feet itched. Distracted, he failed to DUCK when the girl plucked a tassel from her left TIT and threw it in his eye.

She left in a HUFF, muttering, "That will teach you to GOOSE someone's ass and CROW about it."

Moments later, shots rang out and Jay DOVE for cover. "Nice SWAN dive," shouted the man in the car. It was Billy Bob, who had taken a SNIPE at him just for a LARK. "You're so easy to ROOK."

Jay was OWL-eyed. Thank God his COCK was okay!

"AUK," said his parrot.

I you!

 

[SummerMorning]

"Don't RAIL at me, you old COOT," said the CHICK with the TEAL feather boa.

What a LOON, thought JAY. And to think he'd been tempted to SHAG her. Jay had caught a THRUSH infection while cleaning a horse's hooves and his feet itched. Distracted, he failed to DUCK when the girl plucked a tassel from her left TIT and threw it in his eye.

She left in a HUFF, muttering, "That will teach you to GOOSE someone's ass and CROW about it."

Moments later, shots rang out and Jay DOVE for cover. "Nice SWAN dive," shouted the man in the car. It was Billy Bob, who had taken a SNIPE at him just for a LARK. "You're so easy to ROOK."

Jay was OWL-eyed. Thank God his COCK was okay!

"AUK," said his parrot.

"Good lord! Polly wantsa cracker! Ark."

 

[zeb1094]

mars.

 

[Guest]

Tridge

I never really heard of a tridge but I heard of a part tridge that was in a pear tree for almost two weeks one christmas and stuff and if theres a part tridge there has to be a whole tridge somewhere to make a part but they never said what the othe part was but it might have ben those chickens from france cause they were there almost as long.

Debbie

 

[NoJo]

Thanks to everyone who particpated.

I will compile the current list soon, which I believe will prove useful on those all-too-frequent occasions when one is stuck for a monosyllabic bird's name.

 

[kendo1]

What about my half of the dodo?

 

[NoJo]

What about my half of the dodo?

I acknowedged it as amusing after you posted, and moved on. I suggest you try and do the same.

 

[kendo1]

Consider me suitably chastised.

Finished touring? You never mentioned, as far as I'm aware, how you got on.

 

[kendo1]

Being serious, maybe I should have put doo.
Scottish term for pigeons or doves.
I don't know if it is used south of the border.

 

[NoJo]

Consider me suitably chastised.

Finished touring? You never mentioned, as far as I'm aware, how you got on.

Thanks for asking K1.

I played keyboards in a Tom Jones tribute band yesterday night (got to bed a 7 am this morning). The singer had an amazing voice, rich and raspy like the real Tom Jones. The ladies went mad for him, and the band couldn't get off the stage without giving three encores. I loved it.

 

[kendo1]

Good to hear.

Not the 7am, though.

That's when I was getting up.

Heard from Katie?

 

[cantdog]

auk
brant
chat
chick
chough
cob
cock
coot
crane
crow
daw
dove
duck
finch
goose
grebe
gull
grouse
hawk
hen
huff
jay
kite
knot
lark
loon
owl
pen
pie
quail
rail
roc
rook
ruff
scaup
shag
shrike
smew
snipe
stilt
stint
stork
'stritch
swan
swift
teal
tern
thrush
tit
twite
wren

 

[NoJo]

Thanks, CD. Too drunk now to do anything but read the list over and over and smile like a moron.

 

[yui]

Thanks, CD. Too drunk now to do anything but read the list over and over and smile like a moron.

Could you post a picture? I'd like to see you look like a moron. Just once. Might make you wee bit more of this world.