Possible Clues:

• Goes off carrying over something for the Christmas table?
• Hundred dollar honker?
• "Duck, duck ..." follower
• "Silly" animal
• Bird that flies in a V
• Aquatic bird
• Mother of nursery rhymes
• Chaser chosen by a head tap, in a kid's game
• "Mother" of fairy tales
• Bird following a couple of ducks?