I don't think that it would be very easy for a reader to visualize a 'raft of
ducks' flying through the sky. My point....rafting is a specific activity
where as flocking can be used almost anywhere.

Roger Craik
Maple Ridge BC

Tarj wrote:

> Concerning names for flocking birds, here is a link that may be of some
> help. There are in fact different names for flocks of different birds. Of
> course, flock can work for most everything, but there are more specific
> names you can use as well, such as "a siege of herons" which is an
> expression I find particularly appropriate and wonderful.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> http://birding.about.com/hobbies/birding/library/weekly/aa032700a.htm
>
> Jim Lynch
> Olympia WA