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bird

[burd] / bɜrd /
NOUN
flying animal
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For all his efforts, Wile E. Coyote finally seems to have caught a bird.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

Human presence was associated with changes in either the amount of territory occupied or the size of the environmental niche for 67% of mammal species and 68% of bird species.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

About 67% of mammal species and 41% of bird species responded to the combination of human presence and landscape alteration by reducing the amount of habitat they used.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

He said a user by the name “Sharilyn” then identified the bird as a purple gallinule.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Two more gulls flew past, and then a frigate bird.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The team examined weekly GPS records from 4,581 individual mammals and birds across the continental U.S. during matching periods in 2019 and 2020.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

"It will be terrible for some of the birds, seabirds that are nesting here that are quite endangered."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

“It lets you track the birds you see and scientists use the data,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

And Bell said the birds are a sight that cannot be forgotten.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

There were plenty of rabbits, chipmunks, and birds to try it on, but every time I poked the net out toward one of them, it would scare them half to death.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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