songbird
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Mooney has twice introduced House bills trying to win official status for the bird, including adding the scrub jay as the state songbird in this past legislative session to broaden support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
For example, researchers can randomly assign plots of forest to receive nest boxes in order to test whether they help songbird populations grow.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
As legend has it, rubbing a ticket on the songbird figurine inside the store will increase the purchaser’s chance of cashing out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
He saw Kamala’s songbird in its cage; he lived it all over again, breathed Samsara, was again old and tired, again felt nausea and the desire to die, again heard the holy Om.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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In Yellowstone National Park, their return has been praised with reducing the overabundant elk population and allowing decimated trees such as willows and aspen to recover, which subsequently brought the return of beavers and songbirds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
“Sing for your supper and you’ll get breakfast, songbirds always eat,” the lyrics go, before offering a crucial caveat: “If their song is sweet to hear.”
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
"I think there's hope," he says, pinning his on a generational change - when more young people will understand and appreciate China's rare songbirds and the need to protect them.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
But today they came for my birthday—and to cheer me up, they bring along their two yellow songbirds in their cage, Coqueta and El Flaquito, so they’ll sing for everyone at the party.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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