More fun with animal names

A rafter of turkeys

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/photos/2001/wild-turkeys.jpg

A bale of turtles

http://z.about.com/d/gonyc/1/0/8/R/turtles.jpg

A pitying or dule of turtledoves

http://k41.pbase.com/o4/32/633432/1/60367866.TurtleDoves.jpg

A pod of walrus

http://images.livescience.com/images/071008-walrus-04.jpg

A fall of woodcocks

http://www.gourmetfly.com/image7%5B1%5D.jpg woodcocks

A descent of woodpeckers

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/cc4/cc4046a473b18d842a6ca9e1f4d96971.jpg

edited with more from the San Diego Zoo:

an obstinancy of buffalo
a flutter of butterflies (or should that be flutterbies?)
an intrusion of cockroaches
a gulp of cormorants
a kine of cows
a bask of crocodiles
a memory of elephants
a business of ferrets
a flamboyance of flamingos
a skulk of foxes (hey, I have those in my back yard)
a tower of giraffes
a kettle of hawks
a bloat of hippos
a cackle of hyenas
a smack of jellyfish
a leap of leopards
a barrel of monkeys (you think I'm 'funnin' you, don't you? haha)
a barren of mules ('cause they are, aren't they)
to be continued . . . .


one of my beloved 'skulk'