Tony
Best I can find , and this is for raptors in general, is aerie, cast, or
kettle. I think aerie would be the eagle one.
Tony
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Sent: Monday, 30 August 2010 9:58 PM
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Subject: Collective noun for Wedgies?
Anyone got a collective noun for Wedge-tailed Eagles?
Many (30+) years ago I was inspecting an area out Charleville way for
possible reservation as a national park. Sandstone country with spectacular
gorges. I sought access through an adjoining grazing property and the
lessee kindly drove me to the rim of the very large gorge that was the
boundary of his property. (Porcupine Ck gorge, maybe. My memory is a bit
hazy now.)
But what I do remember very clearly is that we were nearly to the rim of the
gorge when my host spotted a Wedge-tailed Eagle perched in a low tree. He
immediately stopped and shot at it with his rifle.
I was delighted that he missed and the eagle flew off unharmed. I was even
more delighted a few minutes later to look over the gorge and see a large
number of Wedgies wheeling around in the gorge; twenty or thirty or so, I
guess. Flock? Don't think so. "Squadron" maybe? :-)
Cheers
Syd
> From: Alan McBride <>
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:48:08 +1000
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Spotted Harrier over Alice Springs - Eastside
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> Hi Bob,
>
> I think I'd prefer "a rash of Spotted Harriers" ;-)
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> Alan
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> On 30/08/2010, at 18:46 , bob gosford wrote:
>
> After Christopher Watson and I saw a mob (a collective noun for a lot of
> Spotted Harriers please!) of Spotted Harriers (and a pair of Swamp
Harriers
> near the airport) on our long days drive around greater Alice Springs last
> Friday I'd just like to note that I spotted (geddit!?) a single Spotted
> Harrier at some distance and height soaring over Eastside in Alice Springs
> this morning.
>
> Black wing-tips and elevated dihedral - and recent sightings give me a
> reasonable degree of certainty - which I hope to confirm over the next few
> days.
>
> Any other inner suburban sightings in Alice Springs welcome.
>
> And I'll be keeping eyes and ears open for the first Channel-billed Cuckoo
> reports in Alice Springs - or Darwin, Katherine and points in between -
over
> the coming weeks. I note that there was report on Birding-Aus earlier
today
> of a C-bC on the NSW mid-north coast earlier today.
>
> Cheers from an ornithologically abundant red centre...
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