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« on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 09:17:57 » |
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What is going on with all them birds (feathered type).
They have been swarming over by the back of the railway station for 2 weeks. And yesterday evening doing the same over Old Walcot.
Very bizarre.
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 09:23:35 » |
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Maybe they are planning a coo.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 09:30:00 » |
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[url width=472 height=323]http://hitchcock.tv/mov/birds/images/birds.jpg[/url]
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 10:20:13 » |
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They're waiting for the lighting seeds concert on the CG.
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 11:16:31 » |
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What is going on with all them birds (feathered type).
They have been swarming over by the back of the railway station for 2 weeks. And yesterday evening doing the same over Old Walcot.
Very bizarre.
Not bizare at all. They are Starlings and they do it every year, you may not notice it as they do not do it in the exact same place every year. I have been observing them from my seat in the DRS for the last few Saturday home games. I do not know why the congregate en masse like that, you'll have to do some research if you're inclined to do so.
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 13:01:31 » |
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It's called a murmuration of starlings  |
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:46:58 » |
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almost as cool as a parliament of owls
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:51:23 » |
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And nowhere near as good as an exaltation of starlings. not even close to a murder of crows/
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:53:15 » |
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A murder of crows...
A committee (or venue) of vultures..
A mob of Emu.
Collective names of birds are cool.
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:56:28 » |
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And nowhere near as good as an exaltation of starlings. not even close to a murder of crows/
I always thought it was an exaltation of larks...I recently discovered that it's a charm of goldfinches, a handsome bird whose numbers seem to be on the up. |
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:58:01 » |
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you could be right Reg
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 19:11:54 » |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nounsI particularly appreciate the fact that there are three different collective nouns for auks. Other good ones are> A gulp of cormorants A fling of dunlins A fall of woodcocks A dopping of sheldrake
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 21:27:40 » |
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A "tesco chicken madras" of seagulls
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, March 18, 2013, 09:08:20 » |
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Maybe they are planning a coo.
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 22:57:39 » |
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Feckers are still up there...
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