More About Duck Names

[Bird Watcher]

So, All this duck naming on the other thread has me thinking about another project.

Duck Names.

I've tried to gather what I could from the other thread and added some I've heard over the years. Fill it in if you have more.

Mallards=Greenheads, Green, Straight Green, Mallets, Skyrats, Cornbuzzards, Green Beans

Goldeneyes = Whistlers, Black and Whites

Gadwall = Greys, Gads, Gaddies, Griswold, Beepers

Teal = Rockets, Teal, Fatties, Buzzbombers

Canada Geese = Heavies, Fatties, Blackheads, Chinstraps, Honks, Honkers, Blackfeet, Darks, 747

Snow geese = Snows, light geese, Sky carp, White Devils, Never,

Whitefronts = Hee Haws, Barbellies, Tarbellies, Specks, Specklebellies

Widgeon = Robbers, Cottontops, Baldpate

Scaup = Bluebills, Blackjacks, Blackheads

Redheads = Big Ducks, Reds

Pintails = Pinnies, Sprig,Stillettos

Woodduck = Woodies, Woodrow

Hooded Merganser = Hoodies

Common Merganser = Lawn Dart, Lizards, Dinosaurs

Canvasback = Cans

Ringnecks = Jets

Shovelers = Smilin Mallards, Hollywoods, Smallards, Bootlips, Shoe horns, Grinners, Spoonbill

Buffleheads = Butterballs

What did I miss?

[duckydoty]

When I first got into duck hunting, all these nicknames were really confusing. I thought there we're hundreds of different ducks that I needed to be able to identify while flying. Im telling you, it was very intimidating.

[JohnP]

Looks like you got em pretty good BW. I'll add a couple;

Canada's: (cheeto eaters, corn grinders, thumpers (cause that what they sound like when they hit the ground )

Buffle heads: Buffet Heads

Ringnecks: Ringers

Gadwall: G-ducks

Hooded Mergs: Sawbills

Shovelers: Ladle Lips

[Feathers and Fins]

Sandhills = Ribeye of the sky, Fillet minion, eye pokers ( seen the reason for it poor dogs ) Nut pokers, Mean sobs.

[mhowerton]

Shovelers= Soupy Lips

[Terrierman]

Gadwall = grey mallard

Canada = B-52

Ringneck = Ring Bill