Jim Reside wrote:
Hello
Folks, Just a request
for some bird trivia information. A young friend has been asked to find
out what the collective _expression_ is for a group of Ravens and a group
of Gulls. I have only heard of people referring to a "murder" of Crows,
I think, and assumed that it referred to both Crows and Ravens. I have
never encountered something for Gulls other than a flock. I hope somebody
can enlighten me and my young friend. Thanks, Jim
Reside
Jim,
A quick search of 'Google' under 'collective nouns' turned up a site
- http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/ - which also (yes it had a "murder
of crows") offered a "colony of gulls" and an "unkindness of ravens" -
the latter sounds a bit odd.
Judy Philip
Adelaide, South Australia
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