Archive for 'Collective Noun Names'

Steller’s Jay

The Steller Jay is a pretty bird found throughout the west coast of North America. This map from Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows its habitat.

They visit our backyard feeders quite often and when they do — it is a treat for us. They are beautiful birds but they have the most awkward call. Go here [...]

A group of birds…

It is all in a name…groups of birds have different names. Here are some of the corvidae group names:

A group of Jays are called a band, a scold or a party of jays.
A group of Magpies are called a tiding(s), a charm, a flock, a gulp, a murder, a mischief, a tittering, a conventicle, a [...]