squirrels

[stumanfu]

What is a group of squirrels called?

[FTVS]

The collective noun for Squirrels is "Dray" or (and I like this one) "scurry". i was a bit confused by this as I thought they lived in a Drays but apprently they live in a Drey with an E.

[strozzi]

I'm confused by the previous answer. I believe that there is no collective noun for squirrels.
Some will suggest that it is dray but that is just a variant spelling of drey which is the name for a squirrels nest.
I cannot find an authoritative source for suggesting that either dray, drey or scurry is such a collective noun.
I would dearly love to know the correct answer and, to prompt this, I will post a question in the phrases and sayings category in the hope that the site expert wordsmith, Quizmonster, will pick up on it.

[answerbok]

isn't it a gathering of squirrels?

[Phantaxus]

A search on collective nouns reveals Dray to be the correct answer but you could also have a scurry of squirrels or a colony of squirrels

[stumanfu]

Thanks everyone there is a girl at work who is going mental over this lol

[strozzi]

I am now convinced that there is no collective noun for a group of squirrels. Those web sites referred to above are wrong. Check this link for recent discussion on the topic
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