As twitchers are such ardent collectors of ticks, I suggest -
an itching of Ixodists
Australian Encyclopaedia (Angus & Robertson, 1958), Volume 8, page 498:
"Ticks ... many of considerable medical and economic importance ...
constitute the super-family Ixodoidea ..."
Syd
> From: L&L Knight <>
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:07:54 +1000
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Collective noun for an assembledge of twitchers
>
> I have had an off-line suggestion of a "twittering of twitchers" for
> the collective noun. While BAussers are a relatively hip group, I
> didn't the sort of iPhone activity that would indicate extensive
> twittering (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter if you are
> unfamiliar with a blogging phenomenon that may hit the twitching scene).
>
> Please send your responses to the group so they can be archived for
> sociological posterity. [BAussers who are not interested in the
> subject can now delete all emails with this header].
>
> Regards, Laurie.
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