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Birders

AllaN01Bear

(19,011 posts) Wed May 8, 2024, 05:26 PM May 8

rafter ( name for a turkey flock)

i do 2 days of shopping ( 5 hours per day. and a person takes me to med appointments , shopping ,etc.) yesterday i saw a nice rafter herem consisting w 1 tom. a dozen femails and chicks. tom was in full strutt display . what a handsome beaut. ohm myyy.

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rafter ( name for a turkey flock) (Original Post) AllaN01Bear May 8 OP

Splat! (name for a flight of sky divers). spike jones May 8 #1

a murder of crows yortsed snacilbuper May 10 #2

heard of those names used as well. AllaN01Bear May 10 #3

spike jones

(1,697 posts)

1. Splat! (name for a flight of sky divers).

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Wed May 8, 2024, 05:57 PM

May 8

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,944 posts)

2. a murder of crows

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Fri May 10, 2024, 03:35 PM

May 10

The collective noun for a group of crows is a murder of crows. This is one of the best-known collective nouns for birds; however, you may also call a group of crows a horde, a mob or a parliament

AllaN01Bear

(19,011 posts)

3. heard of those names used as well.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2024, 03:40 PM

May 10

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