Possible Clues:

• Old bird
• It's no more a bird that Ted could have had water all round
• Gigantic extinct bird
• Extinct large NZ bird
• Family member eats duck - or some other bird
• Sounds as if there's more of what's no more
• Extinct nonflyer
• Bird's gone for ever - tail lost in ditch
• Ostrich-like bird
• No more of this for Ted to have water around