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The Velveteen Ocelot

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9. But those are European robins.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 11:35 PM

Jun 2019

Maybe there's a different collective noun for North American robins.

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You Birders Are Indecisive! What's the Collective Noun for Robins? [View all] ProudLib72 Jun 2019 OP

A ward. Harker Jun 2019 #1

You keep quiet you turkey, or I'll put you in the rafters ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #2

(insert realistic gobble gobble sound here) Harker Jun 2019 #3

"Rafter" is the collective noun used for a bunch of turkeys ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #4

My favorite is... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #5

A peep of chickens ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #7

I like "a glaring of cats." The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #12

A pounce of cats ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #22

A murder of crows Sanity Claws Jun 2019 #6

It's only a murder if there's probable caws. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #37

An unkindness of ravens Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #8

Personally, I like ravens ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #10

A parliament of owls sarge43 Jun 2019 #13

A congress of turkeys, maybe? Harker Jun 2019 #18

It's a trap! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #23

Only if the Robin is also a Dick. n/t sl8 Jun 2019 #15

I've seen a few tough, aggressive ones lately. n/t Harker Jun 2019 #19

But those are European robins. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #9

What's the collective name for a group of unladen swallows? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #11

African or European? Marthe48 Jun 2019 #16

A chug. n/t Harker Jun 2019 #17

One of the commenters provided us with, "'A Batman of Robins" sl8 Jun 2019 #14

I'm sure you knew this, but if not..... Fla Dem Jun 2019 #20

A jar of nuthatches ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #21

Hey. Two of my best friends in Colorado Harker Jun 2019 #24

In Durango, they tried their damnedest to peck holes in my house ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #25

We had a cabin on Storm Mtn. Harker Jun 2019 #30

A hummingbear, huh ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #31

Those glass things with red Harker Jun 2019 #32

I found a hummingbear! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #33

Damn! Harker Jun 2019 #35

Yeah, that's another thing they do: hammer on metal ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #36

OMG, I used to have one wake me up every damn morning, same time. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #38

They're elegant Harker Jun 2019 #39

"An asylum of loons." Ohiogal Jun 2019 #26

Also a "cry of loons" ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #27

Baskin of Robins Rollo Jun 2019 #28

The robins in my back yard seem rather solitary, Can't remember ever seeing them flock. Rollo Jun 2019 #29

They're pretty territorial Harker Jun 2019 #34