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A covey of quail
@arjaybe @Algot @hammerron a scold of jays
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@Algot @arjaybe @hammerron a cete of badgers
a fleet of ships
A murmuration of starlings
Here's a great video of murmuration:
Photo: Oronbb CC-BY-SA
Here's one that's so common it doesn't even seem as if it should count:
A herd of buffalo.
Image credit: Karl Bodmer - Public Domain https://mastodon.cloud/media/jmMt3C2e9SPbXoWlewg
Algot, "a mop of mastodons" as in their mop-top hairdos?
When the Merlin (pigeon hawk) glides by, the covey becomes a quiver of quail.
Experiencing a "flurry of followers" on one of my accounts. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.
ALGOT! hashtag! tsk! Fists on hips, toe tapping.
At a meeting you might find a sprinkling of donuts.
Reading Lois McMaster Bujold's "Penric's Demon" introduced me to a "festival of fleas" and made me also consider a "feast of fleas".
The little brown birds with the dark hood make me think of a humility of juncos.
Photo: Mike's Birds CC-BY-SA
Your humility made me consider a "jumble of juncos", too.
who were in a village setting where there was a "huddle of houses".
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I like your jumble of juncos and huddle of houses. Both excellent images.
On a picnic you might see a column of ants approaching your blanket, but if you step on their hill you'll see an agitation of ants.
I have experienced a fury of wasps after disturbing their nest.
Knowing how raucous they are, I present you with a squabble of seagulls.
Though volume measures probably should not be applied to a group of birds, hearing a homonym pun in the word while watching their behavior, I also imagine a peck of penguins.
While cruising the nightclub district I drove past a stretch of limousines.
Surrounded by a ring of telephones.
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@arjaybe @Algot @hammerron a rash of dermatologists anyone?
Hoorah!
In keeping with doctors, but keeping it clean(ish): a trickle of urologists.
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Given the dire dearth of #collectivenouns, I'd say we are experiencing a timidity of tooters.