JFR Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 If it is a Gaggle of Geese, A pride of Lions, a heard of cattle, a flock of ducks, What then is the name for a lot of wild turkeys together in the corn field
Rich Clemens Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 The wild turkey is one of the largest birds in North America. An adult male can grow up to 4 feet long from his beak to his tail. Wild turkeys live in open fields and woods and nest on the ground. Wild turkeys prefer to eat insects, grasses, nuts, and berries. The "beard" that grows from the center of a wild turkey's breast is actually a group of modified feathers that look like hair. Beards are most commonly found on adult male turkeys (called gobblers), although females (called hens) will grow them occasionally. In spite of its large size and rather awkward appearance, the wild turkey is a powerful flier, reaching speeds of up to 55 mph over short distances. Turkeys will most often fly hard and fast up through the treetops, then set their wings and glide back to the ground. Benjamin Franklin wanted wild turkeys to be our national symbol instead of the bald eagle. He felt that the stately, majestic qualities of the wild turkey would make it a fine symbol for the new country. Most people are familiar with the term "flock of pigeons" and even "gaggle of geese," but did you know that a group of turkeys is called a "rafter"? And baby turkeys are called poults.
stngr Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Thought it might be Thanksgiving. Edited April 16, 2007 by stngr
Joey Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 I like a "murder of crows" better Wonder who came up with that one. Joey
tundra Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 Parliment....in session. I heard they were coming back from the Easter break
silverstreak Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 Turkey's have to be amongst the ugliest birds in the wild. They do however, have the most beautiul feathers I have ever seen. Glad to see them whenever I can.
misfish Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) A tom will have many females ,they call them a HAIRUM. SP? A young male is called a jake. There has been bearded turkeys shot,that turned out to be female. Edited April 16, 2007 by misfish
Terry Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 a shoal of bass a bed of clams a congregation of crocodiles a float of crocodiles a pod of dolphins a swarm of eels a catch of fish a draught of fish a haul of fish a run of fish a school of fish a scale of fish a shoal of fish a drift of fishes an army of frogs a colony of frogs a knot of frogs a glint of goldfish a shoal of herrings a smack of jellyfish a bevy of otters a family of otters a raft of otters a romp of otters a bed of oysters a shoal of pilchards a pod of porpoises a school of porpoises a run of salmon a school of salmon a shoal of salmon a bob of seals a crash of seals a harem of seals a herd of seals a pod of seals a rookery of seals a spring of seals a team of seals a school of sharks a shiver of sharks a knot of toads a hover of trout a bale of turtles a dole of turtles a Cete of whales a gam of whales a herd of whales a pod of whales a school of whales LIVESTOCK a drove of cattle a herd of cattle a team of cattle a yoke of cattle a brood of chickens a flock of chickens a peep of chickens a brood of chicks a chattering of chicks a clutch of chicks a rag of colts a rake of colts a drove of donkeys (or asses) a herd of donkeys (or asses) a pace of donkeys (or asses) a drove of goats a herd of goats a tribe of goats a trip of goats a brood of hens a drift of hogs a parcel of hogs a passel of hogs a harras of horses a herd of horses a stable of horses a team of horses a troop of horses a stud of mares a barren of mules a harem of mules a pack of mules a span of mules a rake of mules a drove of oxen a herd of oxen a team of oxen a yoke of oxen a drove of pigs a farrow of pigs a herd of pigs a litter of pigs a sounder of pigs a string of ponies a down of sheep a drove of sheep a flock of sheep a fold of sheep a hurtle of sheep a trip of sheep a drift of swine a sounder of swine MAMMALS a herd of antelope a shrewdness of apes a flange of baboons a tribe of baboons a pack of bears a sleuth of bears a sloth of bears a colony of beavers a lodge of beavers a herd of boars a singular of boars a sounder of boars a brace of bucks a clash of bucks a herd of buffalo a flock of camels a clowder of cats a clutter of cats a destruction of cats a dour of cats a glaring of cats a kindle of cats/kittens a litter of cats/kittens a nuisance of cats a pounce of cats a herd of chamois a cartload of chimpanzees a herd of chinchillas a band of coyotes a bevy of deer a herd of deer a leash of deer a parcel of deer a kennel of dogs a pack of dogs a litter of dogs a herd of elephants a memory of elephants a parade of elephants a gang of elk a herd of elk a mob of emus a business of ferrets a cast of ferrets a lead of foxes a leash of foxes a skulk of foxes a horde of gerbils a corps of giraffes a herd of giraffes a tower of giraffes a band of gorillas a herd of gnus an implausibility of gnus a brace of greyhounds a leash of greyhounds a group of guinea pigs a horde of hamsters a down of hares a drove of hares a herd of hares a husk of hares a leash of hares a trace of hares a trip of hares a warren of hares an array of hedgehogs a prickle of hedgehogs a bloat of hippopotami a crash of hippopotami a herd of hippopotami a cry of hounds a mute of hounds a pack of hounds a choir of hyenas a clan of hyenas a herd of kangaroos a mob of kangaroos a troop of kangaroos a kindle of kittens a leap of leopards a pride of lions a sault of lions a sawt of lions a sowse of lions a troop of lions a herd of llamas a horde of mice a mischief of mice a nest of mice a company of moles a labor of moles a movement of moles a cartload of monkeys a tribe of monkeys a troop of monkeys a troupe of monkeys a herd of moose a passel of opossum (or possum) a chine of polecats a coterie of prairie dogs a litter of pups a bury of rabbits a colony of rabbits a down of rabbits a drove of rabbits a husk of rabbits a leash of rabbits a nest of rabbits a trace of rabbits a trip of rabbits a warren of rabbits a wrack of rabbits a gaze of raccoons a nursery of raccoons a colony of rats a horde of rats a mischief of rats a pack of rats a plague of rats a swarm of rats a crash of rhinoceri a crash of rhinoceroses a bevy of roes a bevy of roebucks a dray of squirrels a scurry of squirrels an ambush of tigers a mob of wallabies a herd of walruses a pod of walruses a gam of weasels a pack of weasels a sneak of weasels a litter of whelps a herd of wolves a pack of wolves a rout of wolves a route of wolves a warren of wombats a herd of yaks herd of zebras zeal of zebras NON-MAMMALS an army of ants a colony of ants a swarm of ants a culture of bacteria a flight of bees a grist of bees a hive of bees a swarm of bees a rabble of butterflies a swarm of butterflies an army of caterpillars a quiver of cobras a flight of dragons a wing of dragons a clutch of eggs a swarm of flies a cloud of gnats a horde of gnats a swarm of gnats a nest of hornets a lounge of lizards a plague of locusts a rhumba of rattlesnakes a bed of snakes a den of snakes a nest of snakes a pit of snakes a generation of vipers a nest of vipers a pit of vipers PEOPLE a cry of actors a tabernacle of bakers a thought of barons a bevy of beauties a fighting of beggars a blush of boys a rascal of boys a passel of brats a feast of brewers a goring of butchers a draught of butlers a slate of candidates a dignity of canons a cluster of churls a school of clerics an unease of compromises a temperance of cooks a galaxy of cosmologists an intrigue of council members an incredibility of cuckolds a charge of curates a smear of curriers a cowardice of curs a squat of daubers a doctrine of doctors a grid of engineers an exaggeration of fishermen a scull of friars a herd of harlots a melody of harpers an observance of hermits a blast of hunters a multiply of husbands a sentence of judges a damning of jurors a rout of knights a bevy of ladies an eloquence of lawyers a stack of librarians an example of martyrs a set of mathematicians a richness of matrons a host of men a faith of merchants a cloud of meteorologists a shower of meteorologists an abominable sight of monks a superfluity of nuns a mass of oncologists a laughter of ostlers a malapertness of peddlers a congregation of people a field of physicists a poverty of pipers a cry of players a converting of preachers a pontification of prelates a safeguard of porters a discretion of priests a state of princes a complex of psychologists a radiance of radiographers a disworship of scots a obeisance of servants a credence of sewers a host of soldiers a troop of soldiers a bleach of souters a provision of stewards an untruth of sumners a disguising of tailors a showing of tailors a glossing of taverners a thrave of threshers a piddling of tinkers a seat of ushers a prudence of vicaries a gaggle of women a worship of writers a fellowship of yeomen INANIMATE OBJECTS a quiver of arrows a deck of cards a hand of cards a fleet of cars a covert of coats a suite of rooms an armada of ships a pair of shoes FAUNA a bunch of bananas a cast of bread a cluster of grapes a cluster of nuts BIRDS a congregation of birds a dissimulation of birds a flight of birds a flock of birds a volery of birds a sedge of bitterns a siege of bitterns a chain of bobolinks a flock of bustards a conclave of cardinals a brood of chickens a flock of chickens a peep of chickens a brood of chicks a chattering of chicks a clutch of chicks a chattering of choughs a clattering of choughs a cover of coots a covert of coots a raft of coots a flight of cormorants a herd of cranes a sedge of cranes a hover of crows a murder of crows a storytelling of crows a herd of curlews a trip of dotterel a cote of doves a dole of doves a flight of doves a piteousness of doves a pitying of doves a prettying of doves a battling of ducks a brace of ducks a flush of ducks a paddling of ducks a plump of ducks a raft of ducks a team of ducks a fling of dunlin an aerie of eagles a convocation of eagles a cast of falcons a charm of finches a trembling of finches a trimming of finches a flamboyance of flamingos a company of gannets a flock of geese a gaggle of geese a nide of geese a skien of geese a wedge of geese a charm of goldfinches a chattering of goldfinches a drum of goldfinches a troubling of goldfinches a flight of goshawks a skein of goslings a brace of grouse a brood of grouse a covey of grouse a pack of grouse a bazaar of guillemots a colony of gulls a flotilla of gulls a pack of gulls an aerie of hawks a cast of hawks a kettle of hawks a leash of hawks a brood of hens a hedge of herons a sedge of herons a siege of herons a charm of hummingbirds a chattering of hummingbirds a drum of hummingbirds a shimmer of hummingbirds a troubling of hummingbirds a band of jays a party of jays a scold of jays a circus of kea a conspiracy of kea a concentration of kingfishers a deceit of lapwings a desert of lapwings an ascension of larks a bevy of larks an exaltation of larks an exalting of larks a tiding of magpies a tittering of magpies a flush of mallards a puddling of mallards a sword of mallards a richness of martens (or martins) a match of nightingales a watch of nightingales a pitch of orioles a pride of ostriches a parliament of owls a stare of owls a company of parrots a flock of parrots a covey of partridges a muster of peacocks an ostentation of peacocks a pride of peacocks a colony of penguins a rookery of penguins a waddle of penguins a bouquet of pheasants a brood of pheasants a covey of pheasants a muster of pheasants a nye of pheasants a flight of pigeons a flock of pigeons a congregation of plovers a leash of plovers a wing of plovers a run of poultry a covey of ptarmigans a bevy of quail a covey of quail a conspiracy of ravens a storytelling of ravens an unkindness of ravens a building of rooks a clamor of rooks a parish of rooks a parliament or rooks a storytelling of rooks a hill of ruffs a concourse of sea birds a wreck of sea birds a cloud of seafowl a squabble of seagulls a dopping of sheldrakes a doading of sheldrakes a walk of snipe a wisp of snipe a host of sparrows a quarrel of sparrows a tribe of sparrows a murmuration of starlings a muster of storks a mustering of storks a flight of swallows a bank of swans a bevy of swans a drift of swans a game of swans a herd of swans a squadron of swans a wedge of swans a whiteness of swans a flock of swifts a coil of teals a knob of teals a raft of teals a spring of teals a mutation of thrushes a brood of turkeys a dole of turkeys a dule of turkeys a flock of turkeys a mob of turkeys a muster of turkeys a raffle of turkeys a raft of turkeys a rafter of turkeys a pitying of turtledoves a colony of vultures a wake of vultures a plump of waterfowl a bunch of widgeon a coil of widgeon a company of widgeon a knob of widgeon a plump of wildfowl a trip of wildfowl a covey of woodcocks a fall of woodcocks a plump of woodcocks a descent of woodpeckers a herd of wrens
misfish Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 a shoal of bass I like .........."a livewell of bass"
tjsa Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 a shoal of bassa bed of clams a congregation of crocodiles a float of crocodiles a pod of dolphins a swarm of eels a catch of fish a draught of fish a haul of fish a run of fish a school of fish a scale of fish a shoal of fish a drift of fishes an army of frogs a colony of frogs a knot of frogs a glint of goldfish a shoal of herrings a smack of jellyfish a bevy of otters a family of otters a raft of otters a romp of otters a bed of oysters a shoal of pilchards a pod of porpoises a school of porpoises a run of salmon a school of salmon a shoal of salmon a bob of seals a crash of seals a harem of seals a herd of seals a pod of seals a rookery of seals a spring of seals a team of seals a school of sharks a shiver of sharks a knot of toads a hover of trout a bale of turtles a dole of turtles a Cete of whales a gam of whales a herd of whales a pod of whales a school of whales LIVESTOCK a drove of cattle a herd of cattle a team of cattle a yoke of cattle a brood of chickens a flock of chickens a peep of chickens a brood of chicks a chattering of chicks a clutch of chicks a rag of colts a rake of colts a drove of donkeys (or asses) a herd of donkeys (or asses) a pace of donkeys (or asses) a drove of goats a herd of goats a tribe of goats a trip of goats a brood of hens a drift of hogs a parcel of hogs a passel of hogs a harras of horses a herd of horses a stable of horses a team of horses a troop of horses a stud of mares a barren of mules a harem of mules a pack of mules a span of mules a rake of mules a drove of oxen a herd of oxen a team of oxen a yoke of oxen a drove of pigs a farrow of pigs a herd of pigs a litter of pigs a sounder of pigs a string of ponies a down of sheep a drove of sheep a flock of sheep a fold of sheep a hurtle of sheep a trip of sheep a drift of swine a sounder of swine MAMMALS a herd of antelope a shrewdness of apes a flange of baboons a tribe of baboons a pack of bears a sleuth of bears a sloth of bears a colony of beavers a lodge of beavers a herd of boars a singular of boars a sounder of boars a brace of bucks a clash of bucks a herd of buffalo a flock of camels a clowder of cats a clutter of cats a destruction of cats a dour of cats a glaring of cats a kindle of cats/kittens a litter of cats/kittens a nuisance of cats a pounce of cats a herd of chamois a cartload of chimpanzees a herd of chinchillas a band of coyotes a bevy of deer a herd of deer a leash of deer a parcel of deer a kennel of dogs a pack of dogs a litter of dogs a herd of elephants a memory of elephants a parade of elephants a gang of elk a herd of elk a mob of emus a business of ferrets a cast of ferrets a lead of foxes a leash of foxes a skulk of foxes a horde of gerbils a corps of giraffes a herd of giraffes a tower of giraffes a band of gorillas a herd of gnus an implausibility of gnus a brace of greyhounds a leash of greyhounds a group of guinea pigs a horde of hamsters a down of hares a drove of hares a herd of hares a husk of hares a leash of hares a trace of hares a trip of hares a warren of hares an array of hedgehogs a prickle of hedgehogs a bloat of hippopotami a crash of hippopotami a herd of hippopotami a cry of hounds a mute of hounds a pack of hounds a choir of hyenas a clan of hyenas a herd of kangaroos a mob of kangaroos a troop of kangaroos a kindle of kittens a leap of leopards a pride of lions a sault of lions a sawt of lions a sowse of lions a troop of lions a herd of llamas a horde of mice a mischief of mice a nest of mice a company of moles a labor of moles a movement of moles a cartload of monkeys a tribe of monkeys a troop of monkeys a troupe of monkeys a herd of moose a passel of opossum (or possum) a chine of polecats a coterie of prairie dogs a litter of pups a bury of rabbits a colony of rabbits a down of rabbits a drove of rabbits a husk of rabbits a leash of rabbits a nest of rabbits a trace of rabbits a trip of rabbits a warren of rabbits a wrack of rabbits a gaze of raccoons a nursery of raccoons a colony of rats a horde of rats a mischief of rats a pack of rats a plague of rats a swarm of rats a crash of rhinoceri a crash of rhinoceroses a bevy of roes a bevy of roebucks a dray of squirrels a scurry of squirrels an ambush of tigers a mob of wallabies a herd of walruses a pod of walruses a gam of weasels a pack of weasels a sneak of weasels a litter of whelps a herd of wolves a pack of wolves a rout of wolves a route of wolves a warren of wombats a herd of yaks herd of zebras zeal of zebras NON-MAMMALS an army of ants a colony of ants a swarm of ants a culture of bacteria a flight of bees a grist of bees a hive of bees a swarm of bees a rabble of butterflies a swarm of butterflies an army of caterpillars a quiver of cobras a flight of dragons a wing of dragons a clutch of eggs a swarm of flies a cloud of gnats a horde of gnats a swarm of gnats a nest of hornets a lounge of lizards a plague of locusts a rhumba of rattlesnakes a bed of snakes a den of snakes a nest of snakes a pit of snakes a generation of vipers a nest of vipers a pit of vipers PEOPLE a cry of actors a tabernacle of bakers a thought of barons a bevy of beauties a fighting of beggars a blush of boys a rascal of boys a passel of brats a feast of brewers a goring of butchers a draught of butlers a slate of candidates a dignity of canons a cluster of churls a school of clerics an unease of compromises a temperance of cooks a galaxy of cosmologists an intrigue of council members an incredibility of cuckolds a charge of curates a smear of curriers a cowardice of curs a squat of daubers a doctrine of doctors a grid of engineers an exaggeration of fishermen a scull of friars a herd of harlots a melody of harpers an observance of hermits a blast of hunters a multiply of husbands a sentence of judges a damning of jurors a rout of knights a bevy of ladies an eloquence of lawyers a stack of librarians an example of martyrs a set of mathematicians a richness of matrons a host of men a faith of merchants a cloud of meteorologists a shower of meteorologists an abominable sight of monks a superfluity of nuns a mass of oncologists a laughter of ostlers a malapertness of peddlers a congregation of people a field of physicists a poverty of pipers a cry of players a converting of preachers a pontification of prelates a safeguard of porters a discretion of priests a state of princes a complex of psychologists a radiance of radiographers a disworship of scots a obeisance of servants a credence of sewers a host of soldiers a troop of soldiers a bleach of souters a provision of stewards an untruth of sumners a disguising of tailors a showing of tailors a glossing of taverners a thrave of threshers a piddling of tinkers a seat of ushers a prudence of vicaries a gaggle of women a worship of writers a fellowship of yeomen INANIMATE OBJECTS a quiver of arrows a deck of cards a hand of cards a fleet of cars a covert of coats a suite of rooms an armada of ships a pair of shoes FAUNA a bunch of bananas a cast of bread a cluster of grapes a cluster of nuts BIRDS a congregation of birds a dissimulation of birds a flight of birds a flock of birds a volery of birds a sedge of bitterns a siege of bitterns a chain of bobolinks a flock of bustards a conclave of cardinals a brood of chickens a flock of chickens a peep of chickens a brood of chicks a chattering of chicks a clutch of chicks a chattering of choughs a clattering of choughs a cover of coots a covert of coots a raft of coots a flight of cormorants a herd of cranes a sedge of cranes a hover of crows a murder of crows a storytelling of crows a herd of curlews a trip of dotterel a cote of doves a dole of doves a flight of doves a piteousness of doves a pitying of doves a prettying of doves a battling of ducks a brace of ducks a flush of ducks a paddling of ducks a plump of ducks a raft of ducks a team of ducks a fling of dunlin an aerie of eagles a convocation of eagles a cast of falcons a charm of finches a trembling of finches a trimming of finches a flamboyance of flamingos a company of gannets a flock of geese a gaggle of geese a nide of geese a skien of geese a wedge of geese a charm of goldfinches a chattering of goldfinches a drum of goldfinches a troubling of goldfinches a flight of goshawks a skein of goslings a brace of grouse a brood of grouse a covey of grouse a pack of grouse a bazaar of guillemots a colony of gulls a flotilla of gulls a pack of gulls an aerie of hawks a cast of hawks a kettle of hawks a leash of hawks a brood of hens a hedge of herons a sedge of herons a siege of herons a charm of hummingbirds a chattering of hummingbirds a drum of hummingbirds a shimmer of hummingbirds a troubling of hummingbirds a band of jays a party of jays a scold of jays a circus of kea a conspiracy of kea a concentration of kingfishers a deceit of lapwings a desert of lapwings an ascension of larks a bevy of larks an exaltation of larks an exalting of larks a tiding of magpies a tittering of magpies a flush of mallards a puddling of mallards a sword of mallards a richness of martens (or martins) a match of nightingales a watch of nightingales a pitch of orioles a pride of ostriches a parliament of owls a stare of owls a company of parrots a flock of parrots a covey of partridges a muster of peacocks an ostentation of peacocks a pride of peacocks a colony of penguins a rookery of penguins a waddle of penguins a bouquet of pheasants a brood of pheasants a covey of pheasants a muster of pheasants a nye of pheasants a flight of pigeons a flock of pigeons a congregation of plovers a leash of plovers a wing of plovers a run of poultry a covey of ptarmigans a bevy of quail a covey of quail a conspiracy of ravens a storytelling of ravens an unkindness of ravens a building of rooks a clamor of rooks a parish of rooks a parliament or rooks a storytelling of rooks a hill of ruffs a concourse of sea birds a wreck of sea birds a cloud of seafowl a squabble of seagulls a dopping of sheldrakes a doading of sheldrakes a walk of snipe a wisp of snipe a host of sparrows a quarrel of sparrows a tribe of sparrows a murmuration of starlings a muster of storks a mustering of storks a flight of swallows a bank of swans a bevy of swans a drift of swans a game of swans a herd of swans a squadron of swans a wedge of swans a whiteness of swans a flock of swifts a coil of teals a knob of teals a raft of teals a spring of teals a mutation of thrushes a brood of turkeys a dole of turkeys a dule of turkeys a flock of turkeys a mob of turkeys a muster of turkeys a raffle of turkeys a raft of turkeys a rafter of turkeys a pitying of turtledoves a colony of vultures a wake of vultures a plump of waterfowl a bunch of widgeon a coil of widgeon a company of widgeon a knob of widgeon a plump of wildfowl a trip of wildfowl a covey of woodcocks a fall of woodcocks a plump of woodcocks a descent of woodpeckers a herd of wrens You are at work and bored again, right????????????
fishindevil Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 Thats a very interesting thread ,and now i know that they are a rafter of turkeys ,and thanks tom now we know what all of the wildlife groups are called now...lol..lolyou must have had alot of spare time on your hands today bud....cheers
boston Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 Thom, you beat me to it, I was gonna quote that one as well.
Terry Posted April 17, 2007 Report Posted April 17, 2007 6:02 pm nope I was at home.....slow night on tv I guess....lol
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