Leo,

A group of Killdeer is known as a 'season'.  Though I suppose that if
it's really hot and humid, one could get away with referring to the
flock as a 'cauldron'.

Best to all,

Dan Haas
West Annap



On Thursday, August 27, 2009, Leo Weigant <> wrote:
>         Single whimbrel still there at 4:45
>         amidst many killdeer & horned larks.
>
>         ( -- is there one of those quaint old collective
>         names for killdeer?  I think a "murder" of
>         killdeer has already been pre-empted by,
>         by crows?   Janet Two Crows will know)
>
>         Thanks, Les.
>
>         Leo Weigant
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Les Roslund wrote:
>
>
> At 11:00 a.m. today (8/27) the Whimbrel was still at Central Sod farms,
> along with large numbers of Killdeer and one Lesser Yellowlegs.  The bird
> was best seen through a scope because it was foraging beyond the irrigation
> pipes of the farthest south sod field of the place
>
> Les Roslund
> Talbot County
> Easton MD 21601
>
>