nightingale

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"He knew the hardship of farmers in the 1920s and 30s but he knew it was also incredibly beautiful; there was an amazing wild profusion of yellowhammers, nightingales, linnets, that are a rare sight today."

From BBC

Grasshoppers, sand lizards, nightingales, and skylarks that are declining or threatened elsewhere have been found thriving in the city’s green spaces.

From Science Magazine

Back in Istanbul, the scholar buys a “nightingale’s eye” bottle at the bazaar, from which a djinn emerges in her hotel room to grant her three wishes.

From Los Angeles Times

Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha’s accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty: In one poem, a “nightingale departs the wet earth” two stanzas before the “sound of a drone / intrudes.”

From New York Times

Widely referred to as a “national treasure” and the “nightingale of Bollywood,” Mangeshkar has recorded songs in more than 30 languages and lent her voice to over 1,000 films.

From Washington Post