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Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 7:55 AM
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Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
When crows get to chatting I always thought "Parli
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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, June 01, 2012 3:49 PM
> To: Marie P Read
> Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
>
> And the irony is the "murders" often form when (the crows fear that?) a crow
> is threatened... They
[mailto:bounce-61034112-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Anne Clark
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 3:49 PM
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Cc: Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
And the irony is the "murders" often form when (the crows fea
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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of Kevin J. McGowan
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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
It's a flock. "Murder" is an insulting term, poetic or not.
Kevin
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n Wobus
Subject: Re: [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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[mailto:bounce-61033781-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Wobus
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mob of crow (or is it called death of crow?)
Meena wrote:
> (or is it called death of crow?)
"Murder of cr
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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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
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