songbird

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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

The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

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

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