songbird

Example Sentences

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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

He tells passers-by quietly that his songbird is rare, worth nearly 1900 yuan, or about $270.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

A philosopher, historian, songbird of grief and prophet, Didion foretold the city’s future with startling accuracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

As a small-scale songbird rehabilitator I am not equipped, for instance, to take on a pileated woodpecker, which can smash its way out of any enclosure not made of steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Just last week he’d ushered five souls into the Afterlife: two rabbits and an elk to Pleasure, an old songbird to Progress, and a fruit bat to Peace.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman