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To: | Peter Marsh <> |
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Subject: | A "shiver" of twitchers see Black-headed Gull in Darwin |
From: | martin butterfield <> |
Date: | Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:01:13 +1100 |
The search for a collective noun for twitchers could reflect the brand of motorcycle used. Thus a Matchless of twitchers? Martin On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Peter Marsh <>wrote: > Dear Birders, > > ......... > > And why a "shiver" of twitchers. Following the recent thread on twitchers > there obviously has to be a collective noun for twitchers. Given the origins > of the term twitcher, deriving from a couple of British birders who chased > rare birds on a motorbike and arrived shaking with cold, a "shiver" of > twitchers has a nice ring to it! > regards > Peter > www.birding-aus.org > birding-aus.blogspot.com > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: > =============================== www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.com To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: =============================== |
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