avian
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The bassist’s composition “The Bluesy Bird in Bob’s Backyard” draws its inspiration from avian visitors to Mr. Hurst’s home in Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The only team to be more clinical than the Seagulls is their avian cousins the Magpies, who actually have the lowest xG in the league so far.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Indeed, your avian visitors may complain if you give them fewer tasty treats or stop feeding them altogether.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Was the parrot—this thespian parrot, impersonating a pirate’s parrot, with a miniature costume eye patch covering one beady little bird eye—was this talented avian of the stage howling?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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