Need a fun project to d
o with your kids? Ask them to search the web (or books) to figure out which groups of birds are flocks, which are covey, and which are a gaggle. Are there other names we assign to groups of birds? Feel free to comment here and let other readers know.
“Birds of a feather flock together.”
Know other bird proverbs?
If you want to cheat and just see a whole list of collective nouns for birds, click on one of the following:
http://palomaraudubon.org/collective.html (just birds)
http://www.opundo.com/gaggle.php?searchstr=* (birds and other animals)
Posted in: Animals and Birds, Grammar and Literature
August 4th, 2012 → 11:07
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