[obol] Re: Crows. Names, misnomers for...
- From: Gerard Lillie <gerardlillie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx" <tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:15:15 -0700
Here here, indeed.
Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:16:20 -0700
Subject: [obol] Crows. Names, misnomers for...
From: tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
OBOL,
I just returned from giving Tule her morning perambulation in Mt. Tabor park
and found, to my delight, a pile of crows in my front yard and immediate
surrounds. No, no McNamara, not a "pile" you mean a murder. Yeahyeah
There were upwards of 100 and the majority were giving voice. I knew of the
murder, the flogged murmuration of starlings, the wisp of teal etc. But as I
was looking at the raucous buggers I was thinking that they reminded me of a
kind of a hyper-obstreperous version of one Tolkien's Ent moots. There was
no raptor about that they were taking to task they just seemed to be yelling.
So if not a moot, then maybe a British Parliament; all that vociferous
yapping---that seemed like an apt analog. But owls have the collective name
claim for Parliament ostensibly because they are wise and deliberative.
Parliament = wise and deliberative--there's a poser. Methinks they should sign
over the brand to the crows...full of sound and fury,signifying whoknowswhat.
But it's damn entertaining.
good birding,
Tom
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