Answer:
A reaction to being spooked that takes its name from waterfowl
I appear in the morning. But am always there. You can never see me. Though I am everywhere. By night I am gone, though I sometimes never was. Nothing can defeat me. But I am easily gone.
I wear a red robe, with staff in hand, and a stone in my throat.
People are hired to get rid of me. I'm often hiding under your bed. In time I'll always return you see. Bite me and you're surely dead.
My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?