Perhaps bevy (or possibly more correctly, bevvie) would be a good term
for the Hunter Home Brewers :-)
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 06/03/2009, at 12:33 PM, John Harris wrote:
Inger,
Not sure about the bevy!! A term normally used for beauties!! And I
dont know of too many beautiful birdo's, amongst the blokes
anyway!!!!!!!!
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
>>> inger vandyke <> 6/03/2009 12:07 pm >>>
a grip of twitchers? a bevy of birdos?
Inger Vandyke
Natural History Writer and Photographer
Publicity Officer - Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA)
Mob: 0402 286 437
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> From:
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Collective noun for an assembledge of
twitchers
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:03:13 +1100
> CC:
>
> 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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