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To test the method, the team examined hundreds of tiny fossil bones left behind by owls that once roosted inside the cave.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
Colorful birds roosted on tangled branches and trunks, and small paths under the green and occasionally yellow leaves beckoned us to explore.
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
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
Some of the other young condors visited A6 and even roosted near him at night during his odyssey.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2023
A blackbird with a yellow beak flew into the open area and roosted on a tree branch.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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