I had no idea #7 was THAT big. The wingspan and the bird itself. I mean with a Condor (which I thought the answer would be) you kind of see how big it is but that one doesn't so it really surprised me. Then again I've only ever seen an Andean Condor "live" in a bird park. No #7 or variation of the species.
Fun fact: largest known bird species was the Elephant Bird, weighing up to five times heavier than an Ostrich, and the tallest was the female Moa, the only bird known to have no wings!
There are actually three collective nouns for geese: a gaggle when they are on the ground, a skein when there is a group of them in flight, and a wedge when they are in flight in a V formation.
A few notes about this quiz (boy does that sound pretentious...): 1. I feel like the extra S shouldn't be needed in Albatross (as with so many other answers on JetPunk); 2. Giving the starting letter for Raptor makes it kind of too obvious, doesn't it? (same with Osprey, although I would have probably not gotten it without the O); 3. If you're gonna ask to be specific about the USA bird, why not be specific for the pigeon as well?; 4. Crows are creepy.
What's the difference between a gizzard and a gullet? (I assume a gullet is not an organ, but I thought it was used to grind up food. I don't know what a gizzard is, I assumed it was just the term for throat/neck. I thought a gullet was a sack full of rocks which aided in grinding up food)
I suggest accepting "caruncle" and "caruncula" as alternatives to "wattle". Technically those have a broader meaning, but they still work for the hint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle
More than albatross! Or is it just a lot of USA folk do quizzes about birds here?