Something said by self-described birdwatcher?

• "Blushing crow" for "crushing blow."
• A slip of the tongue? — no promises (anag)
• Trump the jack, e.g.
• Silly sound transposition
• Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married
• A slip of the tongue? - no promises
• Lack of pies, say

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1900, but according to OED in use at Oxford as early as 1885, involuntary transposition of sounds in two or more words (such as "shoving leopard" for "loving shepherd," "half-warmed fish" for "half-formed wish," "beery work speaking to empty wenches," etc.), ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants , vowels , or morphemes are switched (see metathesis ) between two words in a phrase. An example is saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of " The ...