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

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

Fortunately, these bats pose no threat to songbird populations.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

When news a rare American songbird had been spotted in a sleepy West Yorkshire cul-de-sac eager ornithologists converged on the quiet street faster than a falcon in free fall.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

He hadn’t reckoned the man for a songbird.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead