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
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
“Maysilee Donner. Her parents owned the sweetshop. They gave me her songbird after. A canary.”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
“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
It follows concerns that the poisons are killing songbirds, which like to line their nests with dog and cat hair, as well as contaminating rivers and coastal waters and killing aquatic life.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Each year, billions of songbirds migrate between breeding and wintering grounds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
The farm machinery had fallen silent, and I could hear the sounds of songbirds in the trees, and also the low clucking of hens.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
