A water bird that makes a booming sound before rain and often stands with its beak pointed almost straight up:
| NR | 555 |
| SHITE-POKE | 70 |
| RAIN CROW | 68 |
| SHY-POKE | 64 |
| CRANE | 56 |
| NH | 35 |
| LOON | 30 |
| SHIKE-POKE | 26 |
| BITTERN | 24 |
| BLUE HERON | 10 |
| HERON | 9 |
| SHIDE-POKE | 8 |
| WHOOPING CRANE | 8 |
| STAKE-DRIVER | 7 |
| MUD HEN | 6 |
| SHIT-POKE | 6 |
| AMERICAN BITTERN | 5 |
| FLY-UP-THE-CREEK | 4 |
| SNIPE | 4 |
| EGRET | 3 |
| GULL | 3 |
| MARSH HEN | 3 |
| SLOUGH-PUMP | 3 |
| THUNDER-PUMPER | 3 |
| FISH CRANE | 2 |
| KILLDEE | 2 |
| PILE DRIVER | 2 |
| RAIN BIRD | 2 |
| SEA-GULL | 2 |
| SLOUGH-PUMPER | 2 |
| STORK | 2 |
| THUNDER-PUMP | 2 |
| WATER CRANE | 2 |
| WATER TURKEY | 2 |
| AMERICAN RAIL | 1 |
| BEC-CROCHE | 1 |
| BLACK BIRD | 1 |
| BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON | 1 |
| BLUE CRANE | 1 |
| BOOMER | 1 |
| BOTTLE-KACHUNK | 1 |
| BULL-BAT | 1 |
| COOT | 1 |
| COP-COP | 1 |
| CORMORANT | 1 |
| CUCKOO | 1 |
| DIPPER | 1 |
| DIVER | 1 |
| DOVE | 1 |
| DRINK-PUDDIN’ | 1 |
| FISH HAWK | 1 |
| FISHING DUCK | 1 |
| FLYING SHIT-HOUSE | 1 |
| FLY-UP-A-CREEK | 1 |
| GANNET | 1 |
| GOON | 1 |
| GOOSE | 1 |
| GREAT HERON | 1 |
| GROS-BEC | 1 |
| GROUSE | 1 |
| GUGGLER BIRD | 1 |
| HERON FAMILY | 1 |
| HONKING CRANE | 1 |
| HOOPER | 1 |
| KILLDEER | 1 |
| LEAST BITTERN | 1 |
| LIMPKIN | 1 |
| LONG-LEGS | 1 |
| LOON BIRD | 1 |
| MEADOW HEN | 1 |
| PEEP-OWL | 1 |
| PELICAN | 1 |
| PLUM-PUDDIN’ | 1 |
| POKE-SHITE | 1 |
| POND SCOGGINS | 1 |
| POST DRIVER | 1 |
| PUMP BIRD | 1 |
| QUAWK | 1 |
| RAIN DOVE | 1 |
| RAIN DOVES | 1 |
| RAIN HAWK | 1 |
| RAIN RAVEN | 1 |
| SCOGGIN | 1 |
| SEDGE HEN | 1 |
| SHOT-POKE | 1 |
| SHRIKE POKE | 1 |
| SKAWL | 1 |
| SLOUGH PUMPER | 1 |
| SQUAWK | 1 |
| STUMP-DRIVER | 1 |
| SUN-GAZER | 1 |
| SWAMP PUMP | 1 |
| SWAN | 1 |
| TERN | 1 |
| THUMPER | 1 |
| THUNDER-BIRD | 1 |
| TRUMPETER | 1 |
| TRUMPETER SWAN | 1 |
| TURTLE DOVE | 1 |
| TURTLE-DOVE | 1 |
| WALK-UP-THE-CREEK | 1 |
| WALK-UP-THE-CRICK | 1 |
| WATER PUMP | 1 |
| WHITE HERON | 1 |
| WILD SWAN | 1 |
| WOODPECKER | 1 |
| WOP | 1 |
| YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO | 1 |
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