(urth) Chrasmologic

[Matthew Keeley]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:

> Alamo Square?  I wish that was the park I lived by. I like it over there by
> the Painted Ladies.  I'm next to John McClaren, the huge, forgotten ghost
> town of a park, no one there but joggers, dog walkers, and ghosts.  But SF
> has seen the Raven population more or less dominate the crows which used to
> be more prevalent.  They're as big as cats. I remember a story about 10
> years ago where a woman walking her little dog to Ocean Beach had a murder
> of ravens attack her dog to death while crossing the dunes.  If I remember
> right they actually lifted it off the ground.  (wait, wikiP says it's "an
> unkindness of Ravens".   an "unkindness" ?  sounds way too polite.)
>
> ~witz

I believe it's an unkindness of ravens and a murder of crows. I don't
know if there's any special name for a group of choughs.

-Matt