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Many of these were condors that had roosted in Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs, the same place where captive-bred birds were first released in 1996.

From Scientific American • Aug. 29, 2023

She wanted to put off work a little longer to hunt for a northern saw-whet owl that had roosted nearby for a few weeks earlier in the season.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2019

Once, May injured a bat by mistake, crushing it when she opened a window it had roosted on.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

In about two minutes the pair were a hundred yards in the lead, Jean's cap had sailed airily from his head, and after flaunting into Silver Star's face, had roosted upon a near-by shrub.

From Peggy Stewart at School by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)

During the frost a blackbird had roosted in a corner of the hut under the rafters, sparrows too had sought its shelter, and wrens and blue-tits had crept into the crevices of the eaves.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard