单词 | catbird |
例句 | “Not even that catbird is going to think that she neglected you.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The catbird stopped her fussing in the wilted lilac bush. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no insects singing, there were no catbirds, or orioles, or vireos, or robins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z With a catbird diving at us to chase us away from his nest, we leave the mountaintop on a northeasterly course. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A catbird fussed in the wilted lilac at the corner of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a bunch of catbirds in the yard, squawking the way they do at dusk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A cricket chirped, a catbird scratched the leaves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The catbirds are welcome to the grapes, which are in the process of developing brown rot. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This was from a catbird a foot away, literally, and helping itself to the last raspberry on a bush I have yet to sample. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Soon, they will be flying south for the winter, along with the warblers and the catbirds, and their departure is part of the sadness the gardener feels when the growing season comes to an end. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time It is one of a gang of four catbirds in the garden, and when the raspberry is done, they turn their attention to the grapes, which are green but clearly much desired. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The resident vocal ensemble, including robins, catbirds, thrushes and sparrows, was already in full-throated song when the audience settled on the grass in an orchard dotted with cherry and nectarine trees. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z From outside would come the resolute tapping of woodpeckers and the morning calls of gray catbirds, brown thrashers, and mockingbirds, all singing their hearts out. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z He ended up modeling the dove after a catbird, and its red beak is not ornithologically accurate. Antiques: Roman Forum Church, Santa Maria Antiqua 2012-06-14T21:10:47Z And both could wind up in a catbird seat come Oscar night. The Carpetbagger: Glimmers of Hope for Small Films During Glittery Oscar Promotions 2010-12-01T22:58:00Z Chimney swift, northern flicker, fish crow, killdeer, Baltimore oriole and gray catbird among them. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Sen. Murray will be in the catbird seat making decisions on what legislation is included in the appropriations bills for the benefit of the country and our state. Serious clout: WA has one of the most powerful delegations in Congress 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z I’ll welcome this feat From my sweet catbird seat For as long as he keeps me well fed. Poem: ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’ 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Managing the land less intensively boosts native insect populations, which in turn lures native birds such as sparrows, juncos and catbirds. Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species—But Possibly Bad for Others 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “With 22 weeks until the primary, it appears Hochul is in the catbird seat to be the Democratic nominee for governor.” N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul solidifies front-runner status as top primary challengers drop out 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Like the other weekend, an ovenbird and seven Northern Flickers and a couple unusual catbirds stopped in to fuel up on my red chokeberries and high-bush berries. How Lili Taylor, Actress and Birder, Spends Her Sundays 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “I do strongly believe Governor Abbott is in the catbird seat for re-election,” said Ray Sullivan, who was a senior adviser to Republican former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Texas governor moves state sharply to the right ahead of 2022 election 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Generations of baseball fans had preceded us there, finding catbird seats for minor-league games in Rainier Valley. Jimi Hendrix’s final home run at Sicks Stadium 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “The interior of a dense shrub is pretty typical for a catbird nest,” Robyn said. Perspective | On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Populations of American crows, tufted titmice, gray catbirds and brown thrashers dropped below normal during the cicada emergence year—and then increased the following year, after which they stabilized. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Common yellowthroats, white-throated sparrows, gray catbirds and ovenbirds are the most common victims in Philadelphia, experts said, and those species are also threatened by climate change and other predators. Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Robins, bluebirds, hermit thrushes and gray catbirds were among hard-hit types, he said. Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z A gray catbird darted around his hiking boots. The Bird Watcher, That Incident and His Feelings on the Woman’s Fate 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Most of the catbirds around here are year-round residents. Perspective | On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z A mute swan swam past on the way back to its nest, and two catbirds scavenged the ground, pecking in the gathering darkness. A Day in the Life of a Tree 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z “She’s sitting in the catbird’s seat, to have it all her own way,” Rivers said Monday morning in an interview. GOP opposition may stall probe into rape claim against Washington state Sen. Joe Fain 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The first sighting of a grey catbird in Britain was in Anglesey in 2001, according to the British Birds Rarities Committee. Hundreds flock to see rare catbird 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s a hard heart that inures to seeing a magnolia warbler, but a gray catbird changes the dynamic, cranking out its full rebuke before Sarver can even get it out of the bag. Center works to make cities more flight-friendly for birds 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Now, fresh from a redesign by interiors ace Martin Brudnizki—also behind the reno of New York’s Beekman hotel—the Bloomsbury Hotel is back in the catbird seat. A Walking Tour of London’s Most Literary Quarter—with Pub Stops 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z In fact, pokeweed is an important food source for myriad songbirds, including cardinals, catbirds and mockingbirds. The Vegetarian’s Puffer Fish 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Robins and catbirds will compete for plump, vermilion winterberries. Save the Songbirds: Plant These Shrubs and Bushes 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z News of the grey catbird spread on Twitter, and birdwatchers started arriving, with a local farmer opening a field for parking, taking charity donations in return. Hundreds flock to see rare catbird 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z He said he predicted that species that create very elaborate songs themselves, like mockingbirds, starlings and catbirds, would be interested in a wider range of human music. Do Birds Listen When You Play Music? 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Under Mr. Lessig’s plan, which would allow voters just from California, New York, Florida and Texas to provide a victory, dissatisfied activists need lobby only 538 individuals occupying catbird seats. Questioning the electoral college and ‘one person, one vote’ 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z “They are in the catbird’s seat,” said Douglas Muzzio, a professor of political science at Baruch College, adding: “Ah, to be Jeff Klein…” Breakaway Group in New York Senate Becomes an Island of Power 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Previous research suggests that gray catbirds and brown thrashers may also suppress West Nile transmission. When It Comes to West Nile, Robins Do It, Cardinals Don't 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Their quarry—including gray catbirds, song sparrows, and mourning doves—were soon released. Ornithologists set their nets in Washington, D.C.—to catch birds and attention 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Trump, then, seemed to be in the catbird seat. A Confederacy of Whiners 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z After years of being treated like second-class citizens by mainland politicians, Mr. Redfield said, “we are in the catbird seat. There’s going to be some hard bargaining.” As Floor Fight Looms, G.O.P. Convention Delegates Become a Hot Commodity 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Gray catbird: They hide in dense shrubs, which makes them difficult to see. Idaho’s Treasure Valley is a paradise for birders 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Think about it – Cruz carries Iowa, and that could catapult him to second place in New Hampshire, while Trump would remain in the catbird’s seat in New Hampshire. The GOP establishment's risky bet on Trump 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the catbird and the other birds banded on the mall may add new details to the emerging portrait of bird migrations. Ornithologists set their nets in Washington, D.C.—to catch birds and attention 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z All of which is to say, should Trump falter or lose a primary or two, Carson’s in the catbird seat as a second choice. Briefing: Dubya Recalls Katrina, Ben Carson in The Donald’s Wake and Democrats Being Democrats 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The Wizards were back in chilly Verizon Center, fighting overconfidence that could come from turning the catbird seat into a full recliner. Wizards expect series with Raptors to become more difficult, even up 2-0 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Only one of them, however, is a heartbeat away from the presidency, and is also in the traditional catbird seat for the top job. Three-Minute Briefing: To Cheer Newest Bro’s Big Win, Boehner Headed to Israel 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Woven with care, it was painstakingly placed in the thin, forked branches of a shadbush, perhaps by a catbird, when spring was young and the woods were filled with wildflowers. Winter Camp for the White-Footed Mouse 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The catbird squawked and fluttered as the researchers carefully weighed and measured it, then put colored bands on its legs. Ornithologists set their nets in Washington, D.C.—to catch birds and attention 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It is, instead, the conservative legal establishment in the catbird seat, enjoying, more than at any time since the nineteen-twenties, a defining influence on the law. Republicans Learn to Love Litigation 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Today, only three songbird species that are considered native live in Bermuda: the bluebird, the gray catbird, and the white-eyed vireo, all of which are common on the East Coast of the United States. Bermuda Bluebirds Aren't Native: They Moved In 400 Years Ago 2013-04-08T16:15:31.883Z “Robert’s in that catbird seat where he can almost call his shots,” said Chad Simmons, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com. Robert Nkemdiche, Top Football Recruit, Sparks a Debate With a Request 2012-07-11T01:58:37Z There were the chickadees, the song sparrows, the chipping sparrows, the orioles, the thrushes, and even the catbirds were asked. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Through the silence there rose the whistling wail of the whippoorwill, repeated three times, and ending abruptly in the squall of a catbird. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Robins quickly put him to flight, and so, too, do catbirds and cardinals. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Although very few seem to know it, the catbird is also a fine songster. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Last winter, when that vicious vine had lost every leaf, I counted in it eighteen catbird nests within a quarter of a mile along a country lane. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I struck him, and he made a splash that nearly drove a near-by-perched catbird into hysterics, and sent the other trout up, down, and across the stream like so many black streaks of lightning. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z “There are lots of nicer bird calls than that of the catbird.” The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z There was a high, sweet song above the ever-present din of bluejays, gray catbirds and house sparrows. City Room: Autumn Unfolds, With Birdsong and Crackling Leaves 2011-10-14T21:23:28Z Resembles in manner and form a miniature catbird. 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 If one nest should be disturbed in May or June, when the birds are raising their families, all the catbird neighbours join in the outcry of mews and cat-calls. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Then again, the Skins are in the catbird seat, all alone atop the NFC East. NFC East crumbles while Redskins sit and watch 2011-10-10T15:05:57Z They’re in the catbird seat now, if you want to say. For Politics in South, Race Divide Is Defining 2011-10-03T00:50:16Z Flickers, catbirds, robins and kingfishers joined the chorus. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Yellows Enter the Forest's Palette 2011-09-30T16:11:15Z Such tall tales help pessimists peddle books and grab attention, but there’s no reason to fear these companies—or expect that they will stay in the catbird’s seat forever. Of "Tech Titans" and Schumpeter's Vision 2011-08-22T16:31:43Z Yet how many people ignorantly abuse the catbird! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A suspicious catbird dropped down on the end of a log near the silent figure and gave vent to his whining, petulant phrase. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z A catbird whined from a nearby tree, but otherwise all was still. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z Suddenly she heard every bird singing, the thrush in the poplar top, the catbirds in the willows, the robin on the lawn; the sun flooded the world with magical splendor. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z By day the jarring yet cheering cry of the blue jay and the red cardinal; the mewing of the catbird, or the “hew-hew” of hawk in pursuit of his victim. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z A good way to protect our strawberry patches and cherry trees from catbirds, mockingbirds, and robins, is to provide fruit that they like much better—the red mulberry. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Across the tenseness of that long, awful moment the soft trill of a catbird grated like the harsh blasphemy of a parrot. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z A new study in The Journal of Ornithology on the mortality of baby gray catbirds in the Washington suburbs found that cats were the No. 1 killer in the area, by a large margin. Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird?s No. 1 Enemy 2011-03-21T01:50:10Z I knew that about my plateau were gathered the cardinal, the thrush, the oriole, the catbird, the jay and the mockingbird. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Now Mr. Reback contends there is a dangerous new monopolist in the catbird seat: the search giant . Regulators Are Watching Google Over Antitrust Concerns 2010-05-22T19:13:00Z You see catbirds are something far better than intelligent, musical dandies. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z “They are sitting in the catbird seat.” he said. Square Feet: Sales Rise in Miami as Low Prices Attract Investors 2010-04-20T21:37:00Z Predation was so serious in some areas that the catbirds could not replace their numbers for the next generation, according to the researchers, who affixed tiny radio transmitters to the birds to follow them. Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird?s No. 1 Enemy 2011-03-21T01:50:10Z “It’s easy for someone in the catbird’s seat to propose this without worrying about how to expect the other two-thirds to pay after one-third of the property is taken off the tax rolls,” he said. Our Towns: In Bound Brook, the Water, and the Questions, Return 2010-03-18T01:47:00Z A catbird perched on the branch of a nearby tree saw the activity and swept down to investigate. 2010-01-18T05:00:00Z Like his cousin, the catbird, the brown thrasher likes to live in bushy thickets overgrown with vines. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Now morns are full of song; The catbird and the redbird and the jay Upon the hilltops rouse the rosy day, Who, dewy, blithe, and strong, Lures their wild wings along. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems He said the leading cause of bird deaths over all, as opposed to the catbird fledglings in the study, remained collisions with buildings, windows and towers, followed by predators. Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird?s No. 1 Enemy 2011-03-21T01:50:10Z In yonder fence-row the catbird has built since I was a boy, and yet I have wandered far and I have seen great changes in yonder city. The Holy Earth The catbirds build more loosely, weaving strips of cedar bark into a rough basket. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road From his restlessness alone you might know he is the cousin of the catbird and brown thrasher and is closely related to the wrens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A bee hummed noisily about her head, a catbird sang in a tree near by, but she was too far away to be disturbed by any sound of earth. Clover and Blue Grass "A catbird," said the President, and so we all agreed. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt The catbirds will be calling and the grass will be clean and sweet. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Of all feathered mothers the catbird is the noisiest. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Like "Brer Rabbit" the catbird is usually "bred and bawn in a brier patch." Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z "She sang like a catbird for fifty cents a column," remarked Jim. Cupid's Middleman "Out West the chewink calls like a catbird," he observed. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt Our long-tailed thrush, or thrasher, like its congeners the catbird and mocking-bird, delights in a high branch of some solitary tree, whence it will pour out its rich and intricate warble for an hour together. A Year in the Fields After the catbird, silence, broken only by the soft, indescribable utterances that are at the same time the delight and the despair of the bird-student. Upon The Tree-Tops There is always the pleasure of variety and the unexpected about the catbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In the trees overhead two jays were quarreling with a catbird, and in the upper air a bee-martin was fiercely pursuing a sparrow-hawk. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches A pair of catbirds have a nest in the barberry bushes at the south end of the house, and are in evidence at all hours. Under the Maples The catbird, a first cousin of the Southern mocking-bird, is also very fond of the neighborhood of human beings, and many others which I know imperfectly as yet. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 When bird music begins to wane, when thrushes have taken their broods afar, and orioles and catbirds are heard no more, one appreciates the hearty philosophy, the cheerful and pleasing song, of the robin. Upon The Tree-Tops Another tragedy of the nests: what villain ate the catbird's eggs? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The peevish catbird and the blue jay grumble, while the thrush, the dove, and the redbird peep caressingly to their mates, and again fall asleep with gurgles of contentment in their throats. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties The catbird peers and utters her soft protest from her hiding-place in the bushes. Under the Maples But in the choir of our best singers, like the catbird, thrasher, and mocking bird, there is unending variation of notes. The Meaning of Evolution A catbird on the fence went on with his bewitching song, and a wood thrush in the shrubbery dropped not a note of his heavenly melody. Upon The Tree-Tops Five catbirds, whose diet was carefully watched by scientific men in Washington, ate thirty grasshoppers each for one meal. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Overhead the big cottonwoods whispered 41 softly in the starlight, and a solitary catbird sang its lonely night song. A Breath of Prairie and other stories "No publicity" is the watchword of the young catbirds as well as of the old. Under the Maples I have seen a catbird on his way to a tree turn three somersaults, much like those performed by a tumbler pigeon, after which he alighted upon the bough. The Meaning of Evolution In sprightliness of manner this bird of solitude reminds one of the catbird, whom he also greatly resembles in looks. Upon The Tree-Tops Like the yellow-breasted chat, the catbird likes to hide its nest in a tangle of cat brier along the roadside undergrowth and in bushy, woodland thickets. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The robin, the meadow-lark, the ubiquitous catbird, all born of prairie and of summer, came and went. A Breath of Prairie and other stories In fact, few birds have such good manners as the wood thrush, and few have so much the manner of a Paul Pry and eavesdropper as the catbird. Under the Maples Some professors of religion are like the catbird. Heart Talks He was somewhat smaller than a robin, and held his tail with the grace of a catbird. Upon The Tree-Tops Here he loves to hide in such low, briery, bushy tangles as the chat and catbird choose. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When she starts in to learn to whistle like a catbird and to flit from field to field like a butterfly it is safe to say she is no longer a success in life. Goat-Feathers And sure enough, there it was in full song—a little bird the shape of a tiny catbird, with a very fine musical strain. Under the Maples The catbird belongs to the family of thrushes, and is one of the most peculiar of our American birds. The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers In this corner, one morning, I saw a catbird gathering blueberries for dinner. Upon The Tree-Tops A kingbird doesn't like the scolding catbird for a neighbour, or the teasing blue jay, or the meddlesome English sparrow, but he simply gives them a wide berth. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I was amused to hear the husky cry with which this bird expresses most of his emotions,—about as nearly a "mew," to my ears, as the catbird executes. A Bird-Lover in the West Little wonder that there are twenty robins to one bluebird, or wood thrush, or catbird. Under the Maples The catbird can be tamed, but is as mischievous as a young monkey,—meddlesome, full of curiosity, and so jealous, that it will drive any other pet bird out of the house. The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers There is no whine of the panther, no whistle of the catbird, nor any invention of the devilish Mingos, that can cheat me! The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 Falling a little behind the thrashers in vocal power and technical execution were the catbirds, which sent up their cavatinas from the bushes in the hollow. Our Bird Comrades Whether the blue jay really had touched one, or it was a mere false alarm on the part of the very excitable catbirds, I could not tell. A Bird-Lover in the West The birds are the little people that peep out at me, or pause and regard me curiously in this great temple of trees,—wrens, chippies, robins, bluebirds, catbirds, redstarts, and now and then rarer visitants. Under the Maples It requires an effort for me to speak of the singing catbird as he; all the ways and tones of the bird seem so distinctly feminine. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs It is no "chewink" at all, but almost as close a reproduction of a cat's mew as is the catbird's well-known call. Birds of the Rockies Allen heard the catbird again and again, and by its sound guided his footsteps. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys I expected nothing less than to find a young catbird injured, but I found nothing. A Bird-Lover in the West The catbird does not come to our vines on the veranda to nest from considerations of safety, but because her line of descent runs through such places. Under the Maples It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the catbird, the brown thrasher, the chat, or the chewink, and its nest is not concealed with the same art as theirs. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Hence at both places the following species were found: Lazuli buntings, Arkansas goldfinches, American goldfinches, western wood-pewees, Arkansas kingbirds, Bullock's orioles, grassfinches, and catbirds. Birds of the Rockies And then the warbling ceased and the peculiar call of the catbird was heard. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys I hurried downstairs, and as I appeared the jay flew, with two catbirds after him, still crying in a way I had never heard before. A Bird-Lover in the West How different from the manners of the robins are the manners of a pair of catbirds that have a nest in the honeysuckle against the side of the first-floor sleeping-porch! Under the Maples Here he would perch in true hawk fashion, to the bewilderment and scandal of all the robins and catbirds in the vicinity. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Jest fold our hands, an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler? Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "I'd rather be called a raven than a catbird or a poll parrot or an English sparrow." Molly Brown's Senior Days Again one day, somewhat later, when blue jay and catbird babies were rather numerous, I saw a blue jay dive into a lilac bush much frequented by catbirds, young and old together. A Bird-Lover in the West Nothing seems farther from the nature of the catbird than the hue and cry which the robin at times sets up. Under the Maples Jest fold our hands an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler? The Book of Humorous Verse Equally real was the catbird on the hedge as we came down toward the station. Pipefuls A catbird pours out an opera in which he takes all the parts in succession, and the voice of the wind rises and falls in mysterious, delicious cadence. The Chief End of Man The garden was red with ripening fruit, the trees thick with shining leaves, and the thrushes and catbirds were singing in quiet joy. A Daughter of the Middle Border This particular pair of catbirds appeared in early May and began slyly to look over the situation in the vines and bushes about the house. Under the Maples It is sweet and low and almost as varied as the catbird's, and can be heard only a short distance. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Neither the catbird nor the frog, we said to ourself, would have tormented their souls trying to “invent” something to write about. Pipefuls The robin and catbird and oriole will sing hidden among their branches. The Chief End of Man Skylark! pooh! who would rise at dawn to hear the skylark if a catbird were about after breakfast? Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I One noontime by the unusual mewing of a parent catbird I felt sure that the critical time had come. Under the Maples Is it cheery, like the robin's, or tuneful, like the thrush's, or rollicking and rapturous, like the bobolink's, or a Romanza, like the catbird's? Bird Day; How to prepare for it A catbird sang in an apple tree, a call to vespers. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date I can hear the call of the bob white to his mate, and the song of the catbird in the thicket at the end of the row. Sermons on Biblical Characters Ware had evidently come under protest, for he lingered in the daisied grass which was dappled with shadows and tinkling with bobolinks and catbirds. Wayside Courtships My catbirds both worked overtime one afternoon at least, being on their job as late as seven o'clock. Under the Maples I frequently sing like my cousins, the catbirds and robins and thrushes. Bird Day; How to prepare for it He never has those fine intervals of lunacy into which his cousins, the catbird and the mavis, are apt to fall. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Not one of the four is blood kin to the other, and yet here we are all wedged together as tight as young catbirds in a nest. Dixie Hart And yet I cannot help feeling that neither of the two really hears the catbird say "miaow" or the robin "cheer up," as they pretend to. The Patient Observer And His Friends I welcomed the catbird, though she is not so attractive a neighbor as the wood thrush. Under the Maples Jest fold our hands an' see the swaller, An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler? Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" It is a very charming photograph of a catbird on its nest. The Insect Folk Under these broad leaves the catbird is concealed. Some Summer Days in Iowa The catbird’s nest, with four greenish-blue eggs, is in a wild gooseberry bush and the catbird is up among the shad-trees feasting on the ripening June berries. Some Spring Days in Iowa The thrush never has the air of a culprit, while the catbird seldom has any other air. Under the Maples In autumn the birds go south by easy stages; to-day their songs are departed from these woods, where there is none left but the catbird, to creak upon the bough. Autumn When the clear brooks dance to the flute of spring, And veery and catbird of Klooskap sing, The Winag'mesuk for one short hour Come back for their token of Klooskap's power— Moccasin Flower! Days of the Discoverers In this part of the thicket the catbirds congregate, but over yonder the brown thrashers are calling to each other. Some Summer Days in Iowa Did you ever stop long enough to listen to the full song of the catbird? Some Spring Days in Iowa Far away the squalling of a catbird mingled with the mellow cadences of the mountain stream. Judy There again, as in the early days, he watched the orioles building their nests and listened to the tricksy catbird's call. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. Come forth!" my catbird calls to me, "And hear me sing a cavatina That, in this old familiar tree, Shall hang a garden of Alcina. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations The wild raspberries on which the catbirds were feeding today would have been just as fine had there been no catbird to eat them or human eye to admire them. Some Summer Days in Iowa Some observers say the catbird eats the eggs of the fly-catcher and other birds, but this must be seen to be believed. Some Spring Days in Iowa It was "but a little grotesque episode, as when a catbird paused in the midst of the most exquisite roulades and melodies to mew and then take up his song again." Literary Hearthstones of Dixie In the pauses of the thrush sounded the cheery whistle of the redbird, the crying of the catbird, the liquid tones of the song sparrow, and the giddy exclamations of the pewee. The Voice of the People The robin sings, as of old, from the limb! 25The catbird croons in the lilac bush! The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations A catbird with soft "quoots" assembles her family in the hazel and the wood-thrush sounds warning "quirts" as fancied peril approaches her children beneath the ripening blackberries. Some Summer Days in Iowa Perceiving that we are watching him the grosbeak ceases his ringing tones and drops into that dreamy, soft, melodious warble, which is characteristic of this songster as it is of the catbird. Some Spring Days in Iowa He had strolled alone through the tangle of undergrowth, of flowering vines in which frightened mocking-birds and catbirds were darting, to the side of the island nearest the bank of the mainland. The Princess Pocahontas On a near vault a catbird poised for an instant, surveying him with bright, distrustful eyes. The Voice of the People It is a particular catbird, identified, it may be, by a missing feather in his tail, that heads the foray on our strawberries and cherries. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Next week the catbird's song was heard for the last time. Some Summer Days in Iowa In April look for the brown thrasher, catbird, wren, barn, eave and tree swallows, martins, king birds and chipping sparrows. Outdoor Sports and Games She pointed out several, and so interested me in their lives that from that day I began to study them, especially the wood-thrush and catbird. Memories and Anecdotes The leaves swarmed with birds, robins and wrens and catbirds and all the feathered tribe keeping up an incessant quivering and trilling, while a distant woodpecker drummed portentously on the trunk of an old oak. The Hunters of the Hills The creeping pace, the languid warmth of the afternoon, the scent of flowering trees, the ceaseless singing of redbird, catbird, robin, and thrush, made it drowsy in the forest. Audrey They heard the catbirds carolling in the hedges, and Ann thought of the day a year ago when she listened to them with James Penhallow at her side. Westways It is the robin, catbird, thrush, bluebird, dove, woodpecker, chickadee, phoebe, tanager and other birds of the lawn, the garden and orchard that afford good hunting for sly and savage old Thomas. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Once he disturbed a catbird on her nest and she flew circling about his head, scolding harshly. The Lilac Girl The laurel, madrone, and manzanitas keep it company for some distance on either side, and a catbird mews and purrs from a clump of willows on the margin of the stream. Byways Around San Francisco Bay Not even the call of the catbird, broke the silence. Where the Trail Divides If not, the first catbird* he meets is the cleverer of the two. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 He cheerfully invades your fields, and even your lawn; and he shoots robins, bluebirds, thrushes, catbirds, grosbeaks, tanagers, orioles, woodpeckers, quail, snipe, ducks, crows, and herons. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation For his cousin, the catbird, I have a still warmer regard. My Garden Acquaintance Jays and catbirds quarrel constantly, and marsh-wrens keep up never-ending chatter. The Song of the Cardinal Upon the silence of night sounded the hoarse call of a catbird where no bird was, and again, and again. Where the Trail Divides There is no whine of the panther, no whistle of the catbird, nor any invention of the devilish Mingoes, that can cheat me! The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 I shall kill every one that comes,—for the sake of retaining the wrens, catbirds, phoebes and thrushes that now literally make home happy for my family. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The catbird is as shy as the robin is vulgarly familiar. My Garden Acquaintance Before the question had been asked and answered a half dozen times a catbird intruded its voice and hearing a reply came through the bushes to investigate. The Harvester Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush. A Girl of the Limberlost The free border plantings have distinct advantages in attracting chipping sparrows, catbirds, and other species. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The robins were yelling from the trees and the sparrows bickering under them; catbirds were calling from the thickets of syringa, and in the nearest woods a hermit-thrush was ringing its crystal bells. Questionable Shapes He never has these fine intervals of lunacy into which his cousins, the catbird and the mavis, are apt to fall. My Garden Acquaintance Plant trees and bushes about the borders of the place, and let some of them, at least, grow into tangles; then, even in the back yard, the wary catbird may make its home. The Elson Readers, Book 5 A catbird cried from a rosebush, a redbird flashed and chirped from the hedge and a colt whinnied for his mother. The Man in Gray No catbird scatters through the bush The sparkling crystals of its song; Within the woods no hermit-thrush Thridding with vocal gold the hush. Poems A catbird will sometimes show a special genius for mimicry, and I have known one to suggest very plainly some notes of the bobolink. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Somewhere in the thicket I heard an unalarmed catbird trilling her exquisite song, a startled frog leaped with a splash into the water; faint odours of some blossoming growth, not distinguishable, filled the still air. Adventures in Contentment A catbird was singing in one of the silver poplars, and he waited, with upraised head, for the song to end. The Battle Ground A friend told me of a small party of blue jays that she saw playing this kind of a joke on a flock of birds of several kinds, robins, catbirds, thrashers, and others. Types of Children's Literature "You have left out the woodpeckers," said Frank, "and the thrushes and catbirds." Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) There is no whine of the panther, no whistle of the catbird, nor any invention of the devilish Mingos, that can cheat me. History of American Literature I shot one on a Long Island beach and found in its crop whole legs of the robin, Alice's thrush, catbird, and warblers. Nature's Serial Story There is pride in the song of the tanager, and vanity in that of the catbird. Locusts and Wild Honey At last I found myself idly querying whether Nature did not so blend all out-of-door sounds as to make them agreeable, when suddenly a catbird broke the spell of harmony by its flat, discordant note. A Day of Fate A nightingale was killed by a catbird and two mocking- birds. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations About the first of the month we shall again be cheered by the songs of the catbird and wren. Friends and Helpers In Bermuda the bluebirds and the catbirds and the cardinals seemed to make American territory of it. Time and Change "Oh, I'm as chipper as a catbird with two tails!" sang out the fun-loving Rover. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor The famous mockingbird of the Southern States belongs to a genus which has but two other representatives in the Atlantic States, namely, the catbird and the long-tailed or ferruginous thrush. Wake-Robin Meanwhiles, the buck Vanderbilt is drivin' the outfit all over an' 'round the cantonments, the entire bunch as sassy an' as flippant as a coop o' catbirds. Wolfville Days Song-sparrows and catbirds sang in the shrubbery; one robin had built its nest over the front and one over the back door, and there was a chippy's nest in the wistaria vine by the stoop. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Then the light came again, and he heard a robin singing, and a catbird squalled softly, pitifully. Main-Travelled Roads All one, sir, both this bird and that bird, The whole flight are all the same catbird! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 If not fully and accurately repeated, there are at least suggested the notes of the robin, wren, catbird, high-hole, goldfinch, and song sparrow. Wake-Robin I think I never saw the meadows richer and greener—and the lilacs are still blooming, and the catbirds and orioles are here. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment I suppose one of his troubles has been his name, just as with our own catbird. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography A catbird was singing in the currant hedge. Main-Travelled Roads A broad strip of sunshine was at his feet, and in the twisted aspen beside the window a catbird was singing. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields More abundant than all other birds, except the robin and catbird, he greets you from every rock and shrub. Wake-Robin Resembles in manner and form a miniature catbird. Bird Neighbors The thrashers sing in the hedgerows beyond the garden, the catbirds everywhere. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Smaller birds alighted on the raised poles, and several—a robin, a catbird and a little brown wren—ventured with hesitating boldness to peck at the crumbs the girls threw to them. The Spirit of the Border Near at hand a catbird sang in short, tripping notes, and in the clump of briars by the spring a rabbit sat alert for the first sound. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields I hardly know whether I am more pleased or annoyed with the catbird. Wake-Robin Common summer resident, Our familiar catbird, of all the feathered tribe, presents the most contrary characteristics, and is therefore held in varied estimation — loved, admired, ridiculed, abused. Bird Neighbors The catbirds have such an attractive song that it is extremely irritating to know that at any moment they may interrupt it to mew and squeal. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography A single note of an oriole warned him, and it needed not the quick notes of a catbird to tell him that near at hand, somewhere, was human life. The Spirit of the Border In the month of April there is hardly a clump of shrubbery in the Central Park which will not serve as a trysting-place for yellow warblers and catbirds just home from their southern tours. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things In form and manner it seems almost a duplicate of the catbird on a small scale. Wake-Robin This bird also has something of the manners and build of the catbird, yet he is truly an original. Wake-Robin The catbird is mild and feminine compared with this rollicking polyglot. Wake-Robin Its song is a lisping, chattering, incoherent warble, now faintly reminding one of the goldfinch, now of a miniature catbird, then of a tiny yellow-hammer, having much variety, but no unity and little cadence. Wake-Robin Here in early spring I go to hear the robins, catbirds, blackbirds, wrens, etc. Wake-Robin |
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