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
We were told we would be able to buy a wild songbird in a small park just off the path.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Fortunately, these bats pose no threat to songbird populations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
Kamala kept a small rare songbird in a small golden cage.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
University of Michigan scientists have used artificial intelligence to uncover a striking pattern in the evolution of Passeriformes, the vast bird group that includes most songbirds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 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
He has given up on many nights of sleep to set songbirds free, and he has spent the last 10 years persuading the police in Beijing to take this crime seriously.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Welcoming these beautiful beings onto your land will also attract songbirds, who rely on them to feed their babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The urgent, high-pitched flutter of cricket wings, the up-and-down melody of songbirds, the first who-whooo of an owl.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
