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

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

We walked around the outside of the cell house caroling, so I didn’t actually see Capone this time, but I’m almost sure I heard him call out, ‘Sweet as a songbird.’

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko