Is a spasm of twitchers possibly a better term for the twitchers who
realise that they can't get to the bird in time? It would be an
interesting concept seeing that the twitchers would not be together
[spatially or temporally] when they came to this realisation.
On 06/03/2009, at 11:03 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
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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