Well, a gaggle of grippers would certainly be a useful term for a
group of competitive twitchers who converge on a bird that is likely
to move on in short order.
I think that bustard birders might be a term for twitchers who
intentionally scare-off a bird before others can get to see it.
Perhaps a frenzy of twitchers? Or is that a phenomenon that only
exists on pelagics where a vagrant is only seen for five minutes
before it disappears, never to be seen again?
On 06/03/2009, at 10:16 AM, John Harris wrote:
Not sure that I speak for all those that were not able to make it to
Bundy but how about the collective "B*stard Birders", or "Birding
Buff's" - a play on words of course, "a gaggle of grippers", "Bundy
Buggers"......... the list would go on.
Yours in all things "green"
Regards
John Harris
President, Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE)
Manager, Environment and Sustainability
Donvale Christian College
155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111
03 9844 2471 Ext 217
0409 090 955
>>> L&L Knight <> 6/03/2009 11:07 am >>>
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.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: L&L Knight <>
> Date: 6 March 2009 9:35:13 AM
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Some Buffy Comments
>
> <snip>
>
> I don't often run into large groups of birders like that [the
> exceptions are tour groups, wader study groups and pelagic
> boatloads]. I was wondering what the appropriate collective noun is
> for a group of twitchers that forms in the vicinity of a rarite -
> perhaps in a similar manner to the way a flock of seabirds forms
> around a school of bait fish. Any suggestions?
>
> Regards, Laurie.
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