songbird
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In spring, there are warblers, Baltimore orioles, Eastern kingbirds and wading birds like yellow-crowned night-herons.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
Over the summer, expect to see goslings learning how to fly, blue-winged teals migrating south, and kingbirds and flycatchers gorging on insects.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022
He’s realized suddenly that this observation is a find, one worth recording because kingbirds don’t usually go after monarchs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2022
He watches as the kingbirds suddenly dart from their perch, snatch a butterfly from the sky and return to the treetop to gobble it down.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2022
The kingbirds chased flies, the orioles searched the fruit trees for insects.
From In Nesting Time by Miller, Olive Thorne
