| 单词 | kingbird |
| 例句 | Over the summer, expect to see goslings learning how to fly, blue-winged teals migrating south, and kingbirds and flycatchers gorging on insects. Kids have been missing out on summer fun. It’s time to play catch-up. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z As golfers practice their putts, Rachman spots a trio of Cassin’s kingbirds perched at the top of a tall sycamore tree. He spends his days counting monarch butterflies in L.A. He could use your help 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Populations are increasing for species whose preferred habitats are in sync with the changing conditions, such as Cassin's kingbird, a southwestern native now expanding its range as Colorado and Wyoming warm up. Summer in March? Warming Climate Alters Europe's Seasons Cummings used to describe the kingbird, they “leap upon the air.” Legs, Not Wings, Give Moths a Flying Start 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The kingbird is grayish in color and bears a crest which, when raised, reveals reddish feathers. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z The white band across the end of the kingbird's tail leads to his identification the minute some sharp young eyes perceive it. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He’s realized suddenly that this observation is a find, one worth recording because kingbirds don’t usually go after monarchs. He spends his days counting monarch butterflies in L.A. He could use your help 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Palm swifts swooped about, while noisy kingbirds gleaned as industriously but with shorter flights. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The present sample of records is small, and there is otherwise no evidence suggesting that the breeding schedule of this species differs from those of the other two kingbirds in Kansas. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z Passeres Includes the greater number of the smaller birds, such as kingbirds, flycatchers, larks, jays, crows, blackbirds, finches, sparrows, warblers, chickadees, swallows, thrushes, etc., numbering in North America some 328 species and many subspecies. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z In spite of his scientific name, which has branded him the tyrant of tyrants, the kingbird is by no means a bully. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z With them, at times, came robins and blackbirds, and occasionally yellowbirds and kingbirds. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z One evening I counted one hundred and fifteen kingbirds roosting in the tapering spires of the tamarack trees. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road A flock of kingbirds dashed boisterously through the underbrush. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Under the deep grass of the meadow dwelt bobolinks and meadow larks; from the pasture rose the silver threadlike song of the savanna sparrow and the martial note of the kingbird. Upon The Tree-Tops So they collected over two hundred kingbirds from different parts of the country, examined their stomachs and found bees—mostly drones—in only fourteen. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z On the date that I miss them and the kingbirds September first is very near if not among those present. Old Plymouth Trails A startled kingbird flashed past her, coming from a tree by the cut. The Plow-Woman Two more kingbirds coming to the relief of the fleeing eagle. Aces Up I know both the kingbird and the wood pewee sing, not, to be sure, in a way to be compared to the thrushes, though far excelling the utterances of the warblers. 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 have seen the kingbird carry off raspberries. Ways of Nature As startled as the kingbird, she grasped the cow-horn and lifted it to her lips. The Plow-Woman The kingbird is sometimes called the "bee martin" because he occasionally snaps up the drones. Under the Maples That near relative of the kingbird, the great crested fly-catcher, has one well-known peculiarity: he appears never to consider his nest finished until it contains a cast-off snake-skin. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 If the bird has a white band across the end of its tail it is probably the fearless kingbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Of the flycatchers, I have noted the kingbird, the least flycatcher, and the phœbe. Birds in the Bush As he drew near, the alarmed robin uttered his baby cry, when instantly the kingbird wheeled and left; nor did he notice the stranger again, although he stayed there a long time. Little Brothers of the Air At the moment of writing these paragraphs, I saw a hen-hawk flap heavily by, pursued by a kingbird. Under the Maples The flycatchers are well represented in the Park, there being no fewer than five species; the least flycatcher, wood pewee, phœbe, crested flycatcher, and kingbird. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Even the marauding hawk, that strikes terror to every other feathered breast, will be driven off by the plucky little kingbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Yet the thrushes are song birds par excellence, while the phœbe, the least flycatcher, and the kingbird are not supposed to be able to sing at all. Birds in the Bush Close before me was a beautiful hawthorn-tree, in which a pair of kingbirds had long ago built their nest. Little Brothers of the Air In this respect their habits are much like those of their cousin, the kingbird. Our Bird Comrades The kingbird builds an untidy nest in an apple tree. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Just such an extended branch as a shrike or a kingbird would use as a lookout while searching the landscape o'er for something to eat, the little sparrow hawk chooses for the same purpose. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The calmness and dignity of this hawk, when attacked by crows or the kingbird, are well worthy of him. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Frequently, during the weeks that I had him under observation, I saw him fly up in the air and return to the fence, exactly like the kingbird. Little Brothers of the Air I once saw a kingbird doing the same thing, and so it may be a fashion in flycatcher circles. Our Bird Comrades Most of these were kingbirds' and Arkansas flycatchers' nests, but there were others as well. Birds of the Rockies Before long there were twenty angry kingbirds and sparrows and other feather-folk, all threatening to do something terrible to Solomon. Bird Stories Many birds came about, mocking-birds, crows, kingbirds, orchard orioles, and others. In Nesting Time The same robin bullied the red-headed woodpecker, and flew at the kingbird when he brought his young family up to taste the raspberries. Little Brothers of the Air He and his wife were driving along a country road, when their attention was directed to a kingbird in hot pursuit of a red-headed woodpecker, which had evidently been poaching on the first-named bird's preserves. Our Bird Comrades 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 A pair of kingbirds had built a nest on a low branch of an apple-tree; and in the nest were two little baby-birdies. The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2 The kingbirds chased flies, the orioles searched the fruit trees for insects. In Nesting Time This was satisfactory, for I did not know the kingbird in domestic life. Little Brothers of the Air The kingbird again started in swift pursuit, filling the air with his loud chirping, sure of his game this time; but he was balked, as before, by the red-head's sudden dash to the telegraph wire. Our Bird Comrades Common summer resident; occurs only on plains and in foothills up to 6,000 feet; same form as the eastern kingbird. Birds of the Rockies Josie and her mamma walked slowly along, not knowing how angry the kingbirds were getting, until they came to the apple-tree. The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2 On one occasion the kingbird was at home. In Nesting Time For several days it seemed uncertain whether the kingbirds would ever really occupy the nest, so spasmodic was the work upon it. Little Brothers of the Air The wood pewee and the kingbird succeed, I think, in driving him away; but the vireos and warblers, being so much smaller, suffer greatly from his depredations. Our Bird Comrades Jay and crow cried Thief! thief! and kingbird sounded his war cry and rushed out to battle. Wood Folk at School The farmer could have no better protection for his corn fields than the near-by nest of a pair of kingbirds. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Considering the size and the belligerent nature of the kingbird, I was astonished, but exactly thus it happened. In Nesting Time Arrived this morning in the kingbird tree, he began his usual hunt over the top branch, when suddenly his eye fell upon the kingbird cradle. Little Brothers of the Air The widespread fear of the kingbird seems unfounded. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Bees were humming around the clover in the grass, and the kingbird chattered ceaselessly from the Lombardy poplar-tip. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 The kingbird's nest is made of slender twigs, weed stalks, and grasses, and is placed among the branches of trees, fifteen to twenty-five feet from the ground. Bird Day; How to prepare for it I greatly wished to stay and see the result, for I had confidence enough in the bravery of the kingbirds to be sure that the end was not yet. In Nesting Time Who knows but he was experimenting to see if this simple, wide-open cradle wouldn't do as well for oriole babies as for kingbirds? Little Brothers of the Air Is the kingbird really an enemy to the bee? Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition A kingbird chattered and shrieked overhead, the grasshoppers buzzed in the grasses, strange insects with ventriloquistic voices sang all about her,—she could not tell where. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 "A crane never goes near kingbirds' nests or notices so small a bird," he said, "and therefore there could be no fighting between them." The Story of My Boyhood and Youth A blue-jay is just approaching the wood pewee's nest in the burr oak, but the doughty husband does battle with the fierceness of a kingbird and chases him away. Some Summer Days in Iowa The kingbird happened to be near it himself, and drove her away in an indifferent manner, as if this interloper were of small account. Little Brothers of the Air Shall the grasshopper repress his drumbeats For small envy of the kingbird’s chime? Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen It was very still and hot and the cheep and trill of the gophers, and the chatter of the kingbirds alone broke the silence. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Almost all the others—brown thrushes, bluebirds, song sparrows, kingbirds, hen-hawks, nighthawks, whip-poor-wills, woodpeckers, etc.—simply tried to avoid being seen, to draw or drive us away, or paid no attention to us. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Several woodpeckers, kingfishers, jays, bluebird, kingbird, chickadee, snow bunting; several sparrows, including, fortunately, the white-crowned, white-throat and song, but now, unfortunately, the English as well. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 Still the birds of the vicinity were interested callers, and I began to think that one kingbird would not even protect his nest, far less justify his reputation by tyrannizing over the feathered world. Little Brothers of the Air The kingbird is not bigger than a robin. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader The same is true of the pewees, the kingbird, and the sparrows, while the common bluebird, the oriole, and orchard starling afford examples the other way. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs We asked him one day if there was any bird in America that the kingbird couldn't whip. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth But his favorite pets are a pair of kingbirds and a crow, which are allowed to run at large all the time. Frank, the Young Naturalist As usual, the kingbird united the characters of brave defender and tender lover. Little Brothers of the Air One of the best known of the flycatchers all over the country is the kingbird. Composition-Rhetoric It is really a big, heavy kingbird, fiercer and more powerful than any northern kingbird. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We often saw him diving on them, pecking them about the head and driving them away as bravely as the kingbird drives away hawks. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The kingbirds, which have a nest in a tree close by the house, keep a sharp look-out; and hawks, eagles, crows, and even those of their own species, all suffer alike. Frank, the Young Naturalist This time both kingbirds flung themselves after her, and she left, "laughing" as she went. Little Brothers of the Air Among the head feathers of the kingbird is a small spot of orange color. Composition-Rhetoric When a pair of kingbirds and three crows chased one of my hawks pell-mell across the sky, I looked on and didn't give a cent what happened. Laddie; a true blue story We skate near to where the blackbird, the pewee, and the kingbird hung their nests over the water, and the hornets builded from the maple in the swamp. Excursions The latter was flying zigzag through the air, and the kingbird was pecking him most unmercifully. Frank, the Young Naturalist The kingbird did not reply to her, but when she flew he followed, and she did not cease telling him what she thought of him as she flew, till out of sight. Little Brothers of the Air Two kingbirds have built their nest between our house and the mill-pond. A Study of Hawthorne A kingbird gave chase, and disappeared for some moments in the gulf between the great wings of the eagle, and I imagined him seated upon his back delivering his puny blows upon the royal bird. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Two kingbirds have built their nest between our house and the mill- pond. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The next moment the woodpecker flew out, and the kingbirds were after him in an instant They followed him until he reached the woods, and then returned to the cottage. Frank, the Young Naturalist Another visitor of whom the kingbird seemed suspicious was a purple crow blackbird, who every day passed over. Little Brothers of the Air The martins would be cackling, in any event, and the kingbirds practicing their aerial mock somersaults; and the mocking-bird would be singing, and the redbird whistling. A Florida Sketch-Book The wild lettuce yields down for the hummingbird's nest, and the flowers of whiteweed are used by the kingbird and cedar-bird. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton This fixes the date of the entry in the early summer of 1817, for kingbirds are not belligerent except during the nesting season. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Then he has two raccoons, several pigeons, kingbirds, quails, two young eagles, and a fox, all undergoing a thorough system of training. Frank, the Young Naturalist With none of these intruders had the kingbird any quarrel when away from his nest. Little Brothers of the Air "That bird calling now is a bee-bird," he said, referring to a kingbird; "and we have a bird that is called the French mocking-bird; he catches other birds." A Florida Sketch-Book Eagle, chased by a kingbird; flight of an. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Mr. Audubon describes this hawk as 'spiritless, inactive, and so deficient in courage that he is often chased by the little sparrow-hawk and kingbird.' Nature's Serial Story He always kept on the opposite side of the tree, and the kingbird, active as he was, could not reach him. Frank, the Young Naturalist To return to my kingbird, struggling with his early song. Little Brothers of the Air How in the forest depths the blue jay called to him mockingly, and the kingbird, spreading his tail like a crimson pennant, beckoned him onward. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers I heard the song sparrow and the kingbird also, like watchers calling the hour, and several times I heard the cuckoo. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Our birds have their tilts and spats also; but the only really quarrelsome members in our family are confined to the flycatchers, as the kingbird and the great crested flycatcher. Locusts and Wild Honey The kingbird, or tyrant flycatcher might serve as the type of the order. Wake-Robin Thus matters went through June till the 29th, when, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, there was an unusual stir about the kingbird castle. Little Brothers of the Air A kingbird sailed into view and perched on a brush-heap preparatory to darting after the moth. A Daughter of the Land For several previous summers a pair of kingbirds had reared, unmolested, a brood of young in an apple-tree, only a few yards from the house; but during this season disaster overtook them also. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers That near relative of the kingbird, the great crested flycatcher, has one well-known peculiarity: he appears never to consider his nest finished until it contains a cast-off snake-skin. Locusts and Wild Honey With me the cuckoo does not arrive till June; and often the goldfinch, the kingbird, the scarlet tanager delay their coming till then. Wake-Robin But before beginning the chronicle of the kingbird babies, I should like to give my testimony about one member of the family. Little Brothers of the Air He was once severely handled by a sparrowhawk, and often he was chased and worried by kingbirds. Wild Animals I Have Known The crow scurried away with upturned, threatening head, the furious kingbirds fairly upon his back. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The genuine crow, the crow with the honest “caw,” “caw,” I have never caught in such small business, though the kingbird makes no discrimination between them, but accuses both alike. Locusts and Wild Honey The crow has an old grudge against the hawk, because the hawk robs the crow's nest and carries off his young; the kingbird's quarrel with the crow is upon the same grounds. Wake-Robin There was "Riot of roses and babel of birds, All the world in a whirl of delight," when the three baby kingbirds opened their eyes to the June sunlight. Little Brothers of the Air The kingbird is preeminently a bird of the garden and orchard. Bird Neighbors The kingbirds are not afraid of him, knowing that he is a coward at heart. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things As I walked upon the grand terrace I saw the robin and kingbird and song sparrow, and there in the tree, by the Wolfe Monument, our summer warbler was at home. Locusts and Wild Honey The calmness and dignity of this hawk, when attacked by crows or the kingbird, are well worth of him. Wake-Robin It was near the end of a lovely June day, when June days were nearly over, that there appeared a gentle excitement in the kingbird family. Little Brothers of the Air For five minutes the air was full of kingbird cries, both old and young, and then fell a sudden silence. Little Brothers of the Air From this side and that, by easy stages, came a little kingbird, each flight bringing them nearer each other; and before two minutes had passed they were nestled side by side, as close as ever. Little Brothers of the Air The curious antics of a solemn kingbird, who did not suspect his hidden observer, were droll to look upon. Little Brothers of the Air The crow fights the hawk, and the kingbird and the crow blackbird fight the crow; but neither takes any notice of the buzzard. Wake-Robin No speckled bib, like the bluebird or robin infant's, defaces the snowy breast; no ugly gray coat, like the redwing baby's, obscures the beauty of the little kingbird's attire. Little Brothers of the Air It looked exceedingly like "showing off," and who could imagine a kingbird in that rôle! Little Brothers of the Air The kingbird and the oriole worry her life out of her because her babies like eggs—as who does not! Little Brothers of the Air The same is true of the pewees, the kingbird, and the sparrows, while the common bluebird, the oriole, and the orchard starling afford examples the other way. Wake-Robin The kingbird and orchard starling remain the whole season, and breed in the treetops. Wake-Robin So remarkable was the effect upon them that I have no doubt a mob of kingbirds could be brought together by its means. Little Brothers of the Air |
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