yellow warbler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow warbler
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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
For several minutes I would watch some tiny bird which might have been a yellow warbler had I been three thousand miles farther north.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
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