It’s probably somebody caught a goose or other large bird, clipped its wings so it couldn’t fly and applied some Hollywood makeup to it then let it loose.....................
Good thinking- I was trying to imagine what they could possibly have seen that would remotely resemble a dodo knowing that Dick Durbin isn’t from NJ, but didn’t think of a dooed up goose.
A great big domestic goose like the Chinese goose with the funny bill would probably fool some city kids.