| 单词 | waxwing |
| 例句 | I watch the sky move against the branches, watch the waxwings above me move easily from limb to limb. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z With her went little cedar waxwings and juncos. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The first notable sighting Tuesday was a cedar waxwing. ArtsBeat: Scanning the Central Park Sky With Jonathan Franzen 2012-06-27T18:00:23Z Showy cedar waxwings will populate our gardens as late into fall as fruit hangs on the trees. Want to help birds? Keep the cat indoors 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z For beginning birders, fewer species in winter and the tendency of some to flock together, like cedar waxwings and red crossbills, make it easier to spot and remember them. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z For survivors, however, a painful search for meaning goes on amid the waxwings and fiddle tunes. A crime novel that captures the humanity of a dying town in rural America 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Hummingbirds can’t resist the bright yellow blooms on this winter-blooming evergreen and, as Picquelle points out, “What could be more bold than watching a flock of cedar waxwings devour the spring berries?” Seattle gardening pros share their go-to plants with bold foliage 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The other part was Meyer’s description of the cedar waxwing, a bird especially partial to those berries. 8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z A waxwing slain beneath a living-room window, its biannual journey stopped dead by the sky in a pane of glass. Trying to Find Your Place in the World? Try Birding From a Different Angle. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Think Wild Central Oregon, which runs a wildlife hotline and hospital, regularly treats cedar waxwings that have become intoxicated after eating fermented berries. Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z But how does the waxwing, among the most frugivorous of birds, know the crop is ready? Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z A yellow-throated vireo and a cedar waxwing also splashed in our stream. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z He says cedar waxwings have a “1980s glam-rock look with eyeliner and spiked hair.” 8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The species that were observed more frequently included three types of warblers, cedar waxwing, spotted towhee and California quail. Wildfire smoke impacts what birds we see, hear according to UW study 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z In addition to the barred owls, staff also treated a pine grosbeak and a Bohemian waxwing, songbird species that are typically found farther north in Vermont. Bird rehabilitation center treated record numbers last year 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z There are also trees - the cedar waxwing is sitting on a pine branch and there are maple leaves on show. This gran picked up roadkill to create an armchair 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Spy a heron, bald eagle, cedar waxwing or one of more than 200 other varieties of birds that frequent the Audubon Society’s BirdLoop at Marymoor Park. Fun things to do on an Eastside lunch break | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia: The bright red berries of the toyon, found in chaparral communities throughout California, is a favorite with robins and waxwings in winter. New gardens at the L.A. Zoo show us how we can help birds at home 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z A group of California scientists who performed necropsies on several flocks of cedar waxwings that had collided with hard surfaces found that all of them had recently gorged on overripe berries. Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Some species of birds — such as robins, cedar waxwings and thrushes — are more likely than others to become intoxicated from fermented berries, according to The Washington Post. City sees influx of ‘drunk’ birds flying into cars and windows 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Seattle Times reader Mike McAuliffe’s image of a cedar waxwing in warm winter light. Reader’s Lens | A bird and its berries 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Despite the waxwing findings, bird experts puzzling over the red northern flickers still suspected interbreeding was the cause. Why Yellow Birds Mysteriously Turn Red 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z And what a glorious tally it is: Cooper’s hawks, warbling vireo, Bewick’s wren, spotted towhee, American goldfinch, flycatchers, three types of swallows, two varieties of chickadees, cedar waxwings, orange-crowned warbler, flickers and more. Birds flock to native forest restored at Discovery Park. But will it continue to mature? 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Certain bird species, such as robins, cedar waxwings and thrushes, are the most prone to drunken antics since they eat more berries than other species such as warblers and flycatchers that primarily eat insects. Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z At least 50 cedar waxwings birds in Texas died after eating fermented berries from an Ilex shrub plant, The National Audubon Society, an environmental organization, reported in 2011. City sees influx of ‘drunk’ birds flying into cars and windows 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Hockings cited fruit flies and birds in particular, noting that after ingesting fermented berries, waxwings “appear unable to coordinate their flight movements.” For Some Chimpanzees, Happy Hour Starts With Stealing 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Canada geese, cliff swallows, a snowy egret, cedar waxwings, mallards, ruddy ducks, coots, black phoebes and grackles swoop and splash with abandon. Bird L.A. Day to showcase Los Angeles County's avian abundance 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It was a cedar waxwing, and it was perfect. Wildlife walks: Ohio artist’s work is in his woods 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Wild Wings receives more than 100 injured birds annually, including all species of raptors, waterfowl, waxwings, woodpeckers, robins and other small birds, plus small mammals. Young anglers can help feed rescued eagles 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Autumn offers a range of wildlife treats; leaves changing colour, explosions of fungi, migrant birds such as waxwings and swans arriving, collecting conkers, watching starlings' mesmerising murmurations to name a few. 10 ways to reconnect with nature 2013-10-26T01:42:56Z Red-breasted nuthatch, spotted towhee, varied thrush, northern saw-whet owl, American robin, cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, American goldfinch and western tanager — I see them all here in the Fraser River estuary. Scientist at Work Blog: Three Mallards, a Merganser and a Bufflehead 2012-03-30T20:25:13Z The cedar waxwing The gorgeous scarlet tanager who sang in this tree was killed by a sling-shot. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Of the three waxwings known to scientists, two are found in America, and the third in Japan. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Cedar Waxwing: Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot.—This waxwing is a rare, local, and highly irregular summer resident in northeastern Kansas, in woodland and forest edge habitats. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z On a short walk this week through a patch of beach rose* on the coast, we encountered a solitary cedar waxwing, one of my favorite birds, calling from the top of an eye-high conifer sapling. Dot Earth: Maine Moments 2011-08-06T12:51:18Z "One winter's morning a few years ago, I detoured to see about 150 waxwings feeding on rowan berries," he recalled. 'Wildlife to work' survey begins 2011-06-09T14:15:39Z Sometime after all the other birds, except the tardy little goldfinch, have nested, the waxwings give up the flocking habit and live in pairs. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z More than 7,000 sightings of the striking waxwing were recorded. British birds are bouncing back 2011-03-31T08:30:24Z The most mischievous enemies of the cherries, however, here, as at the North, are the cedar waxwings, or “cherry-birds.” Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Perhaps they got more at a time, filling their crops and feeding by regurgitation, as I have seen waxwings do when having a long distance to go for food. A-Birding on a Bronco The raven frequently remains even in the colder parts throughout the winter; these, with the Canada jay, waxwing, grosbeak and snow bunting, being the principal birds seen in Manitoba and northern districts in that season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The waxwing is larger than a sparrow and smaller than a robin. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I saw in Detroit a bird from the far north, a bird I had never before seen, the Bohemian waxwing, or chatterer. Under the Maples Blue birds fluttered their wings and trilled their voices through the air, song sparrows sang from morning to night, and waxwings whistled for cherries in the bare tree tops. Say and Seal, Volume II Besides, the waxwing has an uncommon appreciation of the decorous; at least, we must think so if we are able to credit a story of Nuttall's. Birds in the Bush Although, during the summer months, myriads of insects are killed and eaten by the cedar waxwings, yet these birds are preeminently berry eaters,—choke-cherries, cedar berries, blueberries, and raspberries being preferred. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year A flock of cedar waxwings were also "tseeming" in the top of a tree, darting out at intervals into the air for insects. Our Bird Comrades The midsummer nests, like that of the goldfinch and the waxwing, or cedar-bird, are the safest of all. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers In addition to ten deer, we shot three wild geese, seven sharp-tailed grouse, eleven sage grouse, nine Bohemian waxwings, and a magpie, for their skeletons. The Extermination of the American Bison Among the birds the waxwings most readily acquired this delightful Southern habit of taking life easy. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird The movements of the cedar waxwings are as uncertain in summer as they are in winter; they may be common in one locality for a year or two, and then, apparently without reason, desert it. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year There is a bird-shop at one corner, wainscoted with little cages containing linnets, waxwings, canaries, blackbirds, Mino-birds, with a hundred other varieties, known only to naturalists. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 As in the case of the Bohemian waxwing, this bird is also common to both worlds, being found through Northern Europe and Asia and the northern parts of this continent. Locusts and Wild Honey By the lake, I met that orchard beauty, the cedar waxwing, spending his vacation in the assumed character of a flycatcher, whose part he performed with great accuracy and deliberation. Wake-Robin In fact the waxwings are inclined to be lazy, except when they are nesting; they are the most deliberate creatures one can find, but very foppish and neat in their dress. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird Keep sharp eyes upon the cedar groves in mid-winter, and sooner or later you will see the waxwings come, not singly or in pairs, but by dozens, and sometimes in great flocks. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The cedar waxwing is a strange bird, with a very pronounced species-individuality, totally unlike any other bird of our country. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Cherry-bird is another name which is appropriately applied to the cedar waxwing. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The most mischievous enemies of the cherries, however, here as at the North, are the cedar waxwings, or "cherry-birds." Wake-Robin Unlike other birds, waxwings will build their nests of almost anything near at hand, and apparently in any growth which takes their fancy,—apple, oak, or cedar. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year |
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