[Ads-l] Buzzard grouponyms

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Dec 26 16:08:56 UTC 2021


https://www.yahoo.com/news/kat-bergeron-cool-things-learned-060000703.html :

"Did you know that a group of our buzzard-vultures is called a committee,
venue or volt? A flock in flight is a kettle. When they congregate on a
feeding ground to share dinner, that’s called a wake."

Almost needless to say, none of these terms is in OED.

JL
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