Thanksgiving is a good day to “Talk Turkey,” but frankly turkeys don’t get much respect when it comes to everyday phrases: 

WKRP – “As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys Could Fly.”

Turkey Time

Turkey Day 

Turkey Farm

Tom Turkey

Turkey Lurkey

Pass The Turkey

Turkey the Country

Turkey Trot

Turkey Jerky

Turkey Bowl

Wild Turkey

Turkey Neck

Turkey Leg

Turkey soup

Turkey gravy or giblets

Turkey Fryer

 

However, “Bird is the Word” when it comes to popularity:

Give Em the Bird

Early Bird Catches the Worm

Kill Two Birds with one Stone

Bird Bath 

A Little Bird Told Me

A Bird in Hand

Birds of a Feather

Bird’s Eye View

Blue Bird of Happiness

Bird of Paradise

Birdied that hole (or eagled)

Song Bird

Jungle Bird (cocktail)

White, Yellow, Angry, or Little Bird

 

Even music, movies and books:

Free Bird

The Byrds (band and movie)

Fabulous Thunderbirds

Yardbirds

Bird of Prey

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdcage

To Kill A Mockingbird

Bye Bye Birdie

The Thorn Birds

 

Anatomy:

Bird Legs

Bird Brain

Give Em the Bird

Birdseye

 

People:

Lady Bird

Larry Bird

Sue Bird 

Andrew Bird musician

 

Let’s spread our wings and celebrate some other famous birds:

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Lonesome Dove

The Raven

Chicken Little

Chicken Out

Dixie Chicks

The Chicks

The Raven

Mockingjay

Partridge in a Pear Tree

The Eagles

Black Crowes

Sheryl Crow

Counting Crows

Flock of Seagulls

The Partridge Family

The O’Jays

The Flamingos

Swan Song

Dead as a Dodo

Night Owl

Flew the Coop

Eagle Eyes

Eat Crow

Old Crow

Old Crow Medicine Show

Good Egg 

Egg on your face

The yoke’s on me

Just winging it 

A feather in your cap

Proud as a Peacock

Albatross

Hawk nicknames – Dawson and Harrelson 

 

Duck, Duck, Goose: 

Sitting Duck

Lame Duck

Sitting Duck

Get one’s ducks in a row

Ugly Duckling

What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander

Wild Goose Chase

Goose Bumps

Gray Goose

 

In Professional Sports:

Philadelphia Eagles

Baltimore Orioles

St. Louis Cardinals

Baltimore Ravens

Atlanta Falcons

Arizona Cardinals

Seattle Seahawks

Pittsburg Penguins

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Chicago Blackhawks

Detroit Red Wings

Philadelphia Flyers

Toronto Blue Jays

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Thrashers

And it goes on and on with College teams:

Bald Eagles, Blackbirds, Blue Hawks, Blue Hens, Blue Jays, Bluejays, Cardinals, Ducks, Duhawks (Dubuque Hawks), Eagles, Falcons, Firebirds, Gamecocks, Golden Eagles, Golden Falcons, Gulls (former nickname: Power Gulls), Harriers, Hawks, Herons, Hustlin’ Owls, Jayhawks, Kohawks, Larks, Marauding Eagles, Mountain Hawks, Nighthawks, Ospreys, Owls, Peacocks, Pelicans, Penguins, Purple Eagles, Ravens, Redbirds, Redhawks, Red Hawks, River Hawks, Roadrunners, Running Eagles, Sagehens, Scarlet Hawks, Screaming Eagles, Sea Gulls, Seahawks, Skyhawks, Soaring Eagles, Stormy Petrels, Sunbirds, Thunderbirds, Thunderhawks, V-Hawks, and Warhawks.