yellow warbler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow warbler
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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A River Partners analysis of the property found species including riparian woodrat, Swainson’s hawk, least Bell’s vireo, yellow warbler, sandhill crane and “an entire suite of neotropical migratory songbirds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
The riparian brush rabbit, chinook salmon, steelhead trout, the yellow warbler, and the sandhill crane are among the species that call Dos Rios home.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
One target, the yellow warbler, has a special call to warn egg-warming females when cowbirds are casing the area.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 15, 2021
“For the song sparrow, red-winged blackbird and yellow warbler, we got a similar rate of detections from our recordings as from the ground,” he says.
From Nature ● Aug. 28, 2016
I started out in hot haste a dainty bit of bird life—the black and yellow warbler.
From Little Brothers of the Air by Olive Thorne Miller
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