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
The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
He flitted about the room like a tone-deaf songbird.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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
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
Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
At times like that I miss the songbirds.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
