a grip of twitchers? a bevy of birdos?
Inger Vandyke
Natural History Writer and Photographer
Publicity Officer - Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA)
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Collective noun for an assembledge of twitchers
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:03:13 +1100
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> A Spasm of Twitchers, or a Writhing of Twitchers?
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> On 06/03/2009, at 11:07 AM, L&L Knight wrote:
>
> 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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