When crows get to chatting I always thought Parliament of Cows was more
descriptive and it applies to Barred Owls also. There's a list of these
alternate
flock names somewhere that I'll try to find and post.
John
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When crows get to chatting I always thought Parliament
I know this isn't Cayuga basin however: Yesterday, while in a Louisiana
swamp, I watched a couple of blackbirds harassing a black vulture. One of
the harassers actually alighted on the vulture's back and vulture surfed
for about 200 meters. Couldn't tell the species for sure from a distance
but
Meena wrote:
(or is it called death of crow?)
Murder of crows is the old poetic phrase.
Perhaps there is some logic behind it.
John
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Meena wrote:
(or is it called death of crow?)
Murder of crows is the old poetic phrase.
Perhaps
: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
Meena wrote:
(or is it called death of crow?)
Murder of crows is the old poetic phrase.
Perhaps there is some logic behind it.
John
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It's a flock. Murder is an insulting term, poetic or not.
Kevin
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It's a flock. Murder is an insulting term, poetic or not.
Kevin
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One reason these odd collective nouns haven't been assigned to Peregrines or
Great Horned Owls is just that those birds don't noticeably flock. Come to
think of it, the connotations of flock are mostly unflattering too.
Etymologically, a flock is a crowd of followers, whose collective behavior
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Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
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And the irony is the murders often form when (the crows fear that?) a crow
P Read
Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
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And the irony is the murders often form when (the crows fear that?) a crow
is threatened... They don't go after prey in flocks; they group in response
to THEIR predators
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