Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

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I hope it's not Dave fitting a Tdi.

Originally Posted by digger

looks like an attempted murder to me!

Not so sure about that Digger. Those birds are Ravens, not Crows.
Not sure what a collective of Ravens are called.

PS, a collective of Galah's is known as a Parliament, kind of fitting don't you think?

Originally Posted by shorty943

Not so sure about that Digger. Those birds are Ravens, not Crows.
Not sure what a collective of Ravens are called.

PS, a collective of Galah's is known as a Parliament, kind of fitting don't you think?

According to this site, it is an "unkindness of ravens".
Group Names for Birds
A bevy of quail
A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed]
A brood of hens
A building of rooks
A cast of hawks [or falcons]
A charm of finches
A colony of penguins
A company of parrots
A congregation of plovers
A cover of coots
A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans]
A deceit of lapwings
A descent of woodpeckers
A dissimulation of birds
A dole of doves
An exaltation of larks
A fall of woodcocks
A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants]
A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated]
A host of sparrows
A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal]
A murmuration of starlings
A murder of crows
A muster of storks
A nye of pheasants [on the ground]
An ostentation of peacocks
A paddling of ducks [on the water]
A parliament of owls
A party of jays
A peep of chickens
A pitying of turtledoves
A raft of ducks
A rafter of turkeys
A siege of herons
A skein of geese [in flight]
A sord of mallards
A spring of teal
A tidings of magpies
A trip of dotterel
An unkindness of ravens
A watch of nightingales
A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"]
A wisp of snipe

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Got this urgent update from my ingress app.

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logged in the full thing read
SmurfKilling Aboriginal Children Displacement plaque

Ichthyosaur - Cast Copper and glass sculpture of fossilised ichthyosaur mounted on scorched green oak block. Overall width including 800mm.

Australiana. One of the funniest things to come out of the 80's

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUzVgJJ65vw]Australiana - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by shorty943

Not so sure about that Digger. Those birds are Ravens, not Crows.
Not sure what a collective of Ravens are called.

PS, a collective of Galah's is known as a Parliament, kind of fitting don't you think?

A parliament of owls, methinks.

Originally Posted by vnx205

According to this site, it is an "unkindness of ravens".

Also known as a 'conspiracy of ravens'.