roosting
Birds sleeping high
Roosting is the act of settling down to rest or sleep, especially of birds gathering on a perch or branch for the night.
Chickens roost in coops; crows roost in trees by the hundreds.
The term extends to people settling in for sleep or making themselves comfortable: The kids were already roosting in front of the TV.
The phrase chickens coming home to roost means past actions returning to cause problems.
Recurring unconscious repose
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- dormancySuspended biological activity
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
quietude · drowse · settle · tranquility · bedding · nocturnal · overnight · nighttime
Communal bird nesting site
- henhousePoultry dwelling
- coopPoultry enclosure
- aviaryLarge enclosure for birds
- dovecoteStructure housing domesticated birds
barn · loft · cave · canopy · thicket · woodland · forest · mangrove
Light after sunset
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- eveningLate day period
- nightfallOnset of darkness
- sundownDay's end moment
gloaming · darkening · eventide · crepuscular · dim · dusky · owl-light · moonrise
Division or woody limb
- treeWoody perennial plant
- boughMain tree limb
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- rafterSloped roof support
beam · eaves · treetop · cliff · overhang · platform · vantage · wire
Assembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
- communalShared by a community
- gregariousFond of companionship
huddling · clustering · grouping · collective · social · murmuration · parliament · colony
sleep
Recurring unconscious repose
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- dormancySuspended biological activity
stillness · quietude · drowse · settle · tranquility · bedding · nocturnal · overnight · nighttime · huddle
rookery
Communal bird nesting site
dovecote · barn · loft · cave · canopy · thicket · woodland · forest · mangrove · wetland
twilight
Light after sunset
sundown · gloaming · darkening · eventide · crepuscular · dim · dusky · owl-light · moonrise · starlight
branch
Division or woody limb
rafter · beam · eaves · treetop · cliff · overhang · platform · vantage · wire · pole
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
- communalShared by a community
gregarious · huddling · clustering · grouping · collective · social · murmuration · parliament · colony · murder
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
breeding · chicks · fledglings · nestlings · aerie · eyrie · mate · territory · colonial · brood
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
- bird expressionsearly bird, birdbrain, bird brain, lovebirds, jailbird
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- bird ecologybird habitats, bird migration, nesting, breeding, bird conservation
- ornithologyornithology, ornithologist, birding, bird watching, bird species
- group behaviorflocking, herding, swarming, schooling, murmuration
roostingairborne
Traveling through air
aloft · on the wing · in the air · nesting · grounded
- roosting habitsBird sleeping patterns