Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A Post of Birds





I found the following on 'wiki.answers.com' and found it fascinating.

 A bevy of quail
 A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] 
A brood of hens
 A building of rooks
 A cast of hawks [or falcons
A charm of finches
 A colony of penguins 
A company of parrots
 A congregation of plovers 
A cover of coots
 A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans]
 A deceit of lapwings 
A descent of woodpeckers
 A dissimulation of birds
 A dole of doves
 An exaltation of larks
 A fall of woodcocks
 A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants]
 A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated]
 A host of sparrows
 A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal]
 A murmuration of starlings
 A murder of crows 
A muster of storks 
A nye of pheasants [on the ground] 
An ostentation of peacocks 
A paddling of ducks [on the water]
 A parliament of owls
 A party of jays
 A peep of chickens 
A pitying of turtledoves 
A raft of ducks
 A rafter of turkeys 
A siege of herons 
A skein of geese [in flight]
 A sord of mallards
 A spring of teal
 A tidings of magpies
A trip of dotterel
 An unkindness of ravens 
A watch of nightingales 
A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"]
 A wisp of snipe

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_group_of_birds_called#ixzz1ychLmbD8




A bevy of quail


 A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] 



A brood of hens



A building of rooks



 A cast of hawks [or falcons



A charm of finches



A colony of penguins 



A company of parrots



A congregation of plovers



A cover of coots



 A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans]



A deceit of lapwings



A descent of woodpeckers



 A dissimulation of birds



 A dole of doves



An exaltation of larks



 A fall of woodcocks



A flight of swallows [or dovesgoshawks, or cormorants]




A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated]



 A host of sparrows



A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal]



 A murmuration of starlings



A murder of crows 



A muster of storks 



A nye of pheasants [on the ground] 



An ostentation of peacocks



A paddling of ducks [on the water]



 A parliament of owls



 A party of jays



 A peep of chickens 



A pitying of turtledoves 



A raft of ducks



 A rafter of turkeys 



A siege of herons



A skein of geese [in flight]



 A sord of mallards



 A spring of teal



A tidings of magpies



A trip of dotterel



 An unkindness of ravens 



A watch of nightingales 



A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"]



 A wisp of snipe




Which is your favourite?







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