Titles don't work here either 

I wonder if this blog has titles that work.   the arboretum blog doesn't

Names for collections of birds

murmuration of starlings; murder of crows; cast of  hawks

and many more - seems that every kind of bird has a different name for its collection.   I thought they were all flocks!   geese are a gaggle on the ground and a skein in flight.   Who knew?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds

BIRD CLUB TRIP TO CATTUS ISLAND October 17, 2011

Participants: Ethel Cebra, Marie Gleason, Joe and Jean Jordan, Perry Krakora, David and Miriam Swartz, Louise Tompkins, Richard O’Hara (guest)A beautiful day, temperature about 70 degrees and light northwest breeze.

22 species of birds seen and or heard:

Blackbird, Red-winged

Cardinal, Northern

Catbird, Gray

Chickadee, Black-capped

Cormorant, Double-crested

Crow, American

Egret, Great

Geese, Canada

Gull, Herring

Hawk, Red-tailed

Heron, Great Blue

Kingfisher, Belted

Kinglet, Golden-crowned

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned

Osprey

Starling, European

Tern, Forster’s

Vulture, Black

Vulture, Turkey

Warbler, Yellow-rumped

Woodpecker, Downy

Woodpecker, Red-bellied

BIRD CLUB FIELD TRIP TO ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK

9-14-2011

Participants:  Ethel Cebra, Sue Dowling, Jan Durbin, Marie Gleason, Bill & Lucia LeConey, Carol Neal, Dave and Miriam Swartz, and Louise Tompkins

It was a gorgeous, warm day, temperate in the 80s, with light ocean breeze, lots of mosquitoes!!!

23 Birds seen and or heard:

Cormorant, Double-crested

Crow, American

Egret, Great

Egret, Snowy

Flicker, Northern

Grackle, Common

Gull, Greater Black-backed

Gull, Herring,

Gull, Laughing

Gull, Ringed-bill

Heron, Great Blue

Heron, Little Blue

Heron, Tricolored

Heron, Yellow-crowned Night

Kingfisher, Belted

Mockingbird, Northern

Mourning Dove

Osprey

Sanderling

Starling, European

Swallow, Tree

Vireo, White-eyed

Wren, Marsh

Trip to Island Beach State Park

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April 28 Trip to Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area

Link to  Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area

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Bird Trip to Boundary Creek Park

Miriam Swartz's report of trip on 4-28-2011

Participants:  Ethel Cebra, Joe and Jean Jordan, Miriam Swartz and Louise Tompkins.   Weather:  Threat of severe storms, but no rain until after our trip!

Species seen and/or heard:  30

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

American Robin

Eastern Towhee

Brown-headed Cowbird

Blue Jay

Bald Eagle

Mockingbird

Northern Cardinal

Brown Thrasher

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Gray Catbird

Crested Flycatcher

Canada Goose

Mourning Dove

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Chickadee

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-winged Blackbird

Northern Flicker

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellow Throat

Eastern Kingbird

Mallard

Common Grackle

Great Blue Heron

Song Sparrow

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Other wildlife

Eastern Painted Turtles

April 11 Trip to Long Bridge Park

Miriam Swartz's report of April 11 trip.

Participants: Jean Jordan, Lucia LeConey, Maggie Heineman, Miriam Swartz, Louise Tompkins, and Ro Wilson

The weather was cool and mostly cloudy.

Birds seen and or heard: 24 species

Northern  Flicker

Eastern Bluebird

Red-winged Blackbird

Mourning Dove

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal

Canada Goose

Mallard

Black Duck

Bald Eagle

Laughing Gulls

Tufted Titmouse

Double-crested Cormorant

Osprey

Tree Swallow

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Crow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Mockingbird

American Robin

Turkey

Other wild life:  Squirrel, rabbit, beaver