birds

[PIGPEN_]

what is another name for a community of birds

[hammerman]

Flock or colony ?

[heathfield]

It depends on the species of bird. It can also depend on whether they're in the air or roosting. http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/advice/collectivenouns/birds.asp

[Lonnie]

As the above answer has indicated, there are different names for different groups of birds, eg, a group of Owls is call ed a 'Parliament', because they have that 'wise' look. i'll leave it there fot the moment

[Lonnie]

Sorry heathfield, must have been typing at the same time, good link.

[Cetti]

Rookery?

[Thunderbird+]

The term I'v usually seen used a lot re birds is gregarious

[bluejonjo]

A sorrority? I've seen some interesting websites out there on the subject.

[helle]

a parliament of owls, a murder of crows, a gaggle of geese etc, what is it with collective nouns anyway? it all seems a bit unnessecery when you could just say some owls, crows, whatever

[brachiopod]

...and why differentiate between each bird? Just call them all ' those things wot fly'.
Or better still, you could just grunt and point.....

[Somebody17]

A bird family