I mean really, who cares (besides you and Fahy)? Sure, a few of the terms make sense, but most of them, like a “mumuration of starlings,” for example, seem like they were dreamt-up by people who had eaten a batch of bad mushrooms. But not me I think it’s a lame excuse to write a book. Fahy loves language and finds terms for a collection of things fascinating. The reason I know of this book is because my birding buddy, Fahy, recently gave me a copy of Lipton’s book. They left happy…and very confused.Ī group of turkeys is called a “rafter.” That piece of information came from a book by James Lipton entitled, An Exaltation of Larks. I’d buy them all the potatoes they needed, but they’d have to deal with Ben Franklin in their next life.
#Rafter of turkeys free
Turkeys? To eat? My reply was: “Did you not see the name of this shop before you entered? We like birds here.” After a bit of back and forth (plus, a suggestion to offer free hunks of tofu instead, which surprisingly didn’t go over well), we reached an agreement. They wanted a donation so they could buy some less fortunate folks turkeys for Thanksgiving. The other day a local charity came to see me at work. I think it’s totally un-American to serve our almost-national bird to your annoying relatives.
Remember, old Ben wanted the Wild Turkey to be our national bird. If you won’t do it for me, do it for Benjamin Franklin. Just buy an extra squash or two and give the turkeys a break. I hope that grocery list of yours doesn’t have “buy a turkey” on it. It can’t be simply a flock of turkeys, can it? That sounds too easy. We have gaggle of geese and covey of quail, but I’ve never heard a name for turkeys. While I was making my grocery list, in anticipation of a houseful of company on Thanksgiving, I started wondering what a group of turkeys is called. Bird Watcher's General Store Bird Watcher's General Store A Rafter of Turkeys
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