"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane."
Robert Frost
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what some of the names are for groups of specific animals? Read on...
A herd of antelope
A colony or an army of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A herd or pace of asses
B
A culture of bacteria
A cete of badgers
A shoal of bass
A sleuth or sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm, grist or hive of bees
A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
A sedge or siege of bitterns
A sounder of boars
A herd of buffalo
A brace or clash of bucks
C
An army of caterpillars
A clowder or clutter of cats
A herd or drove of cattle
A brood or peep of chickens
A clutch or chattering of chicks
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
A rag of colts
A cover of coots
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
A band of coyote
A sedge or siege of cranes
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A herd of curlews
A cowardice of curs
D
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A dule of doves
A brace, paddling or team of ducks
E
A clutch of eggs
A herd of elephants
A pod of elephant seals
A weaner pod is yearling elephant seals
A gang of elks
A mob of emus
F
A business or fesnyng of ferrets
A charm of finches
A school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught of fish
A swarm of flies
A skulk or leash of foxes
An army or colony of frogs
G
A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese
A cloud or horde of gnats
A herd, tribe or trip goats
A charm of goldfinches
A band of gorillas
A leash of greyhounds
H
A down or husk of hares
A cast or kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge of herons
A drift, or parcel of hogs
A team, pair or harras of horses
A pack, mute or cry of hounds
J
A smack or fluther of jellyfish
K
A troop or mob of kangaroos
A kindle or litter of kittens
L
An ascension or exaultation of larks
A leap (leep) of leopards
A pride of lions
A plague of locusts
M
A tiding of magpies
A sord of mallards
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A labour of moles
A troop of monkeys
A barren or span of mules
O
A parliament of owls
A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
A bed of oysters
P
A company of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster or ostentation of peacocks
A litter of peeps
A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants
A flock or flight of pigeons
A litter of pigs
A wing or congregation of plovers
A string of ponies
A pod of porpoises
Q
A covey or bevy of quail
R
A nest of rabbits
A pack or swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness of ravens
A crash or herd of rhinos
A bevy of roebucks
A building or clamour of rooks
S
A herd or pod of seals
A drove or flock of sheep
A nest of snakes
A walk or wisp of snipe
A host of sparrows
A dray of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans
A flock of swifts
A sounder or drift of swine
T
A spring of teal
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying or dule of turtledoves
A bale of turtles
W
A pod of walrus
A school, gam or pod of whales
A nest of vipers
A pack or route of wolves
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
GARDEN UPDATE
More flash flood severe warnings today (severe meaning greater than a 50% chance).
About 90F and still humid but had some cooler winds to help out some. Worked on the front windowboxes which were showing some wear and rotated the flowers in them to wooden ones instead of silk. Looks much nicer!
A herd of antelope
A colony or an army of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A herd or pace of asses
B
A culture of bacteria
A cete of badgers
A shoal of bass
A sleuth or sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm, grist or hive of bees
A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
A sedge or siege of bitterns
A sounder of boars
A herd of buffalo
A brace or clash of bucks
C
An army of caterpillars
A clowder or clutter of cats
A herd or drove of cattle
A brood or peep of chickens
A clutch or chattering of chicks
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
A rag of colts
A cover of coots
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
A band of coyote
A sedge or siege of cranes
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A herd of curlews
A cowardice of curs
D
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A dule of doves
A brace, paddling or team of ducks
E
A clutch of eggs
A herd of elephants
A pod of elephant seals
A weaner pod is yearling elephant seals
A gang of elks
A mob of emus
F
A business or fesnyng of ferrets
A charm of finches
A school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught of fish
A swarm of flies
A skulk or leash of foxes
An army or colony of frogs
G
A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese
A cloud or horde of gnats
A herd, tribe or trip goats
A charm of goldfinches
A band of gorillas
A leash of greyhounds
H
A down or husk of hares
A cast or kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge of herons
A drift, or parcel of hogs
A team, pair or harras of horses
A pack, mute or cry of hounds
J
A smack or fluther of jellyfish
K
A troop or mob of kangaroos
A kindle or litter of kittens
L
An ascension or exaultation of larks
A leap (leep) of leopards
A pride of lions
A plague of locusts
M
A tiding of magpies
A sord of mallards
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A labour of moles
A troop of monkeys
A barren or span of mules
O
A parliament of owls
A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
A bed of oysters
P
A company of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster or ostentation of peacocks
A litter of peeps
A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants
A flock or flight of pigeons
A litter of pigs
A wing or congregation of plovers
A string of ponies
A pod of porpoises
Q
A covey or bevy of quail
R
A nest of rabbits
A pack or swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness of ravens
A crash or herd of rhinos
A bevy of roebucks
A building or clamour of rooks
S
A herd or pod of seals
A drove or flock of sheep
A nest of snakes
A walk or wisp of snipe
A host of sparrows
A dray of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans
A flock of swifts
A sounder or drift of swine
T
A spring of teal
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying or dule of turtledoves
A bale of turtles
W
A pod of walrus
A school, gam or pod of whales
A nest of vipers
A pack or route of wolves
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
GARDEN UPDATE
More flash flood severe warnings today (severe meaning greater than a 50% chance).
About 90F and still humid but had some cooler winds to help out some. Worked on the front windowboxes which were showing some wear and rotated the flowers in them to wooden ones instead of silk. Looks much nicer!
GARDEN GIGGLE
FAUNA
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1609 Henry Hudson first explored the river that now bears his name
1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flew a plane of his own making to a land speed making record
1940 Lascaux cave paintings found
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson wins back his boxing belt
1953 Jack Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island; Khrushchev elected Russian leader
1972 Cowboy actor William Boyd, best known for his role as Hopalong Cassidy, dies at the age of 77.
2002 Tyco executives indicted for embezzlement
2012 Protestors scale U.S. Embassy wall in Cairo
1609 Henry Hudson first explored the river that now bears his name
1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flew a plane of his own making to a land speed making record
1940 Lascaux cave paintings found
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson wins back his boxing belt
1953 Jack Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island; Khrushchev elected Russian leader
1972 Cowboy actor William Boyd, best known for his role as Hopalong Cassidy, dies at the age of 77.
2002 Tyco executives indicted for embezzlement
2012 Protestors scale U.S. Embassy wall in Cairo
1 comment:
that is the cutest panda pic ever! 12 cows are a flink?
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