| 单词 | mockingbird |
| 例句 | The first time we watched To Kill a Mockingbird I waited through the whole movie for the dad to shoot a mockingbird. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And the mockingbirds that were endemic to each island were also three distinct species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath of pine and eucalyptus, hear mockingbirds and seagulls and the rumbling surf in the distance. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Who will buy me a looking glass that gets broke and a mockingbird that won’t sing? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside him, something soft and creative and vulnerable hardened, a mockingbird turning to stone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A mockingbird perched on the rusted gutter of the building spits out two syllables in response. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A mockingbird trilled a note from where it perched upon the hand of the moonlit Founder, flipping its moon-mad tail above the head of the eternally kneeling slave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger came calling an hour after the Grand Maester had left, clad in a plum-colored doublet with a mockingbird embroidered on the breast in black thread, and a striped cloak of black and white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Father says that the town steals our freedom; he says that we must build a castle across the river, on the lonely hill of the mockingbirds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Petyr was clad in a blue velvet tunic with puffed sleeves, his silvery cape patterned with mockingbirds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I felt the sun of the east rise and I heard its light crackle and groan and mix into the songs of the mockingbirds on the hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the top of one a mockingbird was singing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a mockingbird, I explain, life in the movie. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was blue, almost cloudless, and a mockingbird sang from a fence post. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They went well with the silver mockingbird that fastened his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful morning when the yucca buds were opening and the mockingbirds were singing on the hill that my uncle Pedro drove up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked in the weird misty fog listening to the students around him chatter like mockingbirds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He regretted this later when he realized that the mockingbirds and the finches would have been wonderful evidence for his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The man wore a heavy cloak with a fur collar, fastened with a silver mockingbird, and he had the effortless manner of a high lord, but she did not know him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My nostrils quivered as I felt the song of the mockingbirds and the drone of the grasshoppers mingle with the pulse of the earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The mockingbird whistled and I woke with a start. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time we watched To Kill a Mockingbird I waited through the whole movie for the dad to shoot a mockingbird. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The seal was a mockingbird, in grey wax. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A mockingbird lands on a low oak branch and scolds me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside, mockingbirds were singing blithely, and, once in a while, when the songsters took flight, Mariam could see their wings catching the phosphorescent blue of moonlight beaming through the clouds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z From far off in the trees outside the window came the song of a mockingbird. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Returning to the palo santo tree, she rested not far from a group of Galapagos mockingbirds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They were attacking everything— iguanas, birds, other mockingbirds, and Frightful herself. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “He says when a mockingbird sings, for all we know it’s pitching fossils into the air. He says who knows what songs of ancient creatures we may be hearing out there.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was a jumble, it was a mishmash, and somehow she pulled it all together, somehow she threaded every different thing through the voice of a solitary mockingbird singing in the desert. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I heard a mockingbird back there. And it made me think of something Archie said.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A mockingbird in the meadow whistled, and King George took off in pursuit. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already given out his rare Megatherium bones and his finches and mockingbirds from the Galapagos Islands. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The woods are quiet except for our crunching footsteps and a crooning mockingbird somewhere in the trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The sharp cries of jays and mockingbirds filled the silence between them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the wind blow and hear the mockingbird whistling on the way back to her nest. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But they’d camped there at the spring; and the bee myrtle had been blooming white that day, and seemed like in every bush there was a mockingbird, singing his fool head off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In the old Alamo games, Hester had often been a cougar or a wolf, and once or twice a rattlesnake, but mostly a mockingbird. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s what happens in the gap between the old and new storytelling styles, as Mr. Sorkin tries to kill two mockingbirds with one stone, that gives me pause. Review: A Broadway ‘Mockingbird,’ Elegiac and Effective 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z The reclusive author sued the museum in October, saying it never paid her a licensing fee for using the novel's title and a mockingbird image on merchandise it sold in its gift shop. Judge reinstates 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author's lawsuit against museum 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Tattooed on Hannah’s right arm is a line from Harper Lee: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” How a writer defied ‘one in a million’ odds to get her first movie made by Steven Spielberg 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The only moments he sounds truly engaged with the music on “Scorpion” is when he’s playing mockingbird — channeling 21 Savage’s sour grumbles on “Nonstop” or pantomiming Young Thug’s staccato chirp on “Mob Ties.” Review | The world doesn’t need another soggy Drake album, but here, have two 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Because there’s one thing this mockingbird knows: If you want to make an omelet, you’ve got to break some eggs. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Snow Castles in the Snow 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Both children learn that mockingbirds come in many forms and that Boo, the specter of the shuttered Radley place, is, in fact, one of them. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Even before the American Revolution, Jefferson had taken a liking to mockingbirds, and he brought this affection to the White House, which they filled with melodious song. 25 things you might not know about Thomas Jefferson 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Jem learns that while he may shoot all the blue jays he wants, “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” because it does nothing but sing. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Ten of us intently scanned the arid islet, a last refuge for the Floreana mockingbird. Journeys: A Limited Human Footprint for a Natural Wonder 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z The title refers to an incident in the novel, in which Atticus, on giving air rifles to his two children, tells them they can shoot at tin cans but never at a mockingbird. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Bird-watchers may see migrants like warblers and goldfinches, as well as residents like cardinals, mockingbirds and cormorants. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 14-20 2012-09-13T22:41:58Z Visitors may see hummingbirds and warblers, as well as year-round residents like robins, mourning doves and Northern mockingbirds. Go Fish! Festival Casts a Wide Net for Young New Yorkers 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Alain Costa was 22 when he went to work on "The King and the Mockingbird," animating a baby mockingbird that escapes from its cage and a dancing clown who entertains the sleeping king. 1980's 'The King and the Mockingbird' finally alights in U.S. 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “One hour it’s a mockingbird, and another hour it’s a blue jay and so on. I enjoy it. I live alone. It keeps me company.” What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The title of Castillo’s debut means “mockingbird,” and birds flit in and out of these poems, singing our world back at us. New & Noteworthy 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z That work, Mr. Jacobsen explained, weaves in the sounds of a mockingbird often heard in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Windsor Terrace, where he and Ms. Sopp live. Music Review: Bargemusic Labor Day Festival Features Four Premieres 2013-08-30T23:22:02Z The ninth movement is a piano solo devoted to the mockingbird. Messiaen's ode to Utah's national parks is a multimedia wonder at Disney Hall 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z A mockingbird welcomes us with imitations of birdsongs that we do not recognize. A sojourner cheats the chill in the warmth of Argentina and Uruguay 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Rent military drones to protect ripe fruit from hungry mockingbirds. 8 Great Plants 2010-05-10T15:13:00Z 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 Such is the mystery of Erdrich’s work, and “The Sentence” is among her most magical novels, switching tones with the felicity of a mockingbird. Review | ‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z He identified the little blue heron, belted kingfisher and mockingbird. Not those gators: Improbable fauna 10 minutes from downtown Gainesville 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Each island of the GalaÅLpagos had its own mockingbird; they did not interbreed, and they differed in vital ways, so each might be considered a different species; yet they were also, essentially, alike. Secrets of Charles Darwin’s breakthrough: The real story of how we got to evolution 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z The great thorn in the king's side is an elaborately colored mockingbird with a massive wingspan. 'The King and the Mockingbird' is a very French, playful tale 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Has Britain’s department of education killed the mockingbird? British students probably won't be reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" anymore 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z As a result, these areas have less bird biodiversity and larger populations of synanthropic birds — species adapted to dense urban environments such as house finches and sparrows, European starlings, common pigeons and northern mockingbirds. How L.A.’s bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “This started as a drawing and became a collage which I’ve just completed. It’s a mockingbird, and some of the pieces of paper are piano sheet music.” How Sketching Birds Changes the Way You See Them 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z And a similar move in Florida would substitute the scrub-jay for the current official Florida bird, the mockingbird. Finally, something lawmakers can (mostly) agree on: state symbols 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Sometimes, Gordillo sunbathes in the backyard by the tangerine tree and listens to the mockingbirds. One family's desperate act to escape overcrowded housing in L.A. 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Two years later, Nascimento was singing breathtaking mockingbird duets with Wayne Shorter’s saxophone. Milton Nascimento says goodbye to the stage, but ‘never to the music’ 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z They also recognized acorn woodpeckers, a California towhee, dozens of turkey vultures circling overhead, a dark-eyed junco, a mockingbird, an Anna’s hummingbird and a black phoebe. How L.A.’s bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The Galápagos mockingbirds were three separate species found nowhere else. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Some in Florida did not want to replace the mockingbird. Finally, something lawmakers can (mostly) agree on: state symbols 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Smaller birds defer to bigger birds, scooting off the feeding bench when jays or mockingbirds come in for a landing. Perspective | Winged victory: Readers stick up for the lowly mourning dove 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Their work illuminates an elaborate hidden hierarchy: Northern mockingbirds and red-bellied woodpeckers are pugnacious for their size, but both would give way if a truly dominant bird like an American crow descended upon the feeder. Which birds are the biggest jerks at the feeder? A massive data analysis reveals the answer 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z An effort is taking flight to replace the far-ranging musical mockingbird with a bird that is more identifiable as distinctly Floridian. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to not be so judgmental, almost like a mockingbird,” she says. Sarah Hughes is getting inside her sound by getting outside herself 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z She said in an op-ed in The Palm Beach Post that the mockingbird sings beautifully and gobbles up unwanted insects. Finally, something lawmakers can (mostly) agree on: state symbols 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Evening was approaching, and a bird — Fineberg guessed it was a mockingbird — started to sing loudly in the trees above them. She wanted to stay. Her landlord wanted her out. Long fascinated with the compositional methods of the mockingbird, I finally decided to dig deep into his sense of form and structure. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The gray-and-white mockingbird, celebrated in literature and music, has been Florida’s state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z A gray-and-white-feathered northern mockingbird perched on a tree branch near the patio and stared down at Cornett as if waiting to be acknowledged. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas also designate the mockingbird their official bird. Finally, something lawmakers can (mostly) agree on: state symbols 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z In some species, such as mockingbirds, song mimicry adds flourish to love songs. As endangered birds lose their songs, they can’t find mates 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Okay, we had all these cool examples; look, mockingbirds play with sounds just like humans do. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z She wrote in a recent opinion piece that the mockingbird deserves our continued love. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In some species, such as mockingbirds, song mimicry adds flourish to love songs. As endangered birds lose their songs, they can’t find mates 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The grey, long-tailed Northern mockingbird is known for its mimicking ability, and is found in southern Canada, across the US, Mexico and the Northern Caribbean. Exmouth bird tweet prompts rule-break fines for twitchers 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “It is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is also a crime,” Caproni wrote. A new Trump rule says it’s okay to unintentionally kill scores of birds. Biden can overturn it. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Poetry says one thing about mockingbirds, as in Walt Whitman’s “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.” Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The mockingbird can sing up to 200 different tunes and mimic artificial sounds like car alarms. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The mallard duck quacks just like the real thing, and the northern mockingbird’s song will have children searching nearby branches. Bearly recognizable: A child’s cuddly friend could be cuttlefish 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Others were complicated with squiggles, lots of stripes and flourishes including ivy, eagles, ducks, mockingbirds, deer, bees and catfish. Public ideas for Mississippi flag: Magnolias, stars, beer 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Florida has long embraced its reputation as a punchline, so much so the state bird is the mockingbird. Coronavirus leaves Florida a state of confusion 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z People must have thought this behavior was vaguely insulting to other birds, else we wouldn’t have named this one the mockingbird. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “The mockingbird is a well established, independent, prolific bird that doesn’t need government protection or our tax dollars to survive,” Hammer wrote. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z A mockingbird on the cart path fixed us with a penetrating stare, plucked a worm off the asphalt, then flew away. Perspective | This Rockville golf course is full of birdies — the feathered kind 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z They distributed these eggs among 85 mockingbird nests and checked several days later to see which eggs were still there. There’s an arms race going on in this bird nest. Scientists are uncovering how each side fights back 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Plant these low-water plants and prepare to see hummingbirds, spotted towhee, mockingbirds, dark-eyed junco, hermit thrush and a sparrow or two. New gardens at the L.A. Zoo show us how we can help birds at home 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z We can always tell it’s a mockingbird, not because of his copying, but because of his unique and specific way of composing music out of the material he hears in the world around him. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z There is precedent for states switching their honorary state animals, including birds: In 1948, South Carolina shifted from the mockingbird to the Carolina thrush. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The scientists also reversed the scenario, dropping host eggs from wrens, mockingbirds, and blackbirds onto cowbird eggs. Cowbird eggshells could double as deadly weapons 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Yes, the fearless finches are charming and beautiful, but the Floreana mockingbird disappeared from the island around 1880, one of 13 species that have gone locally extinct. Could Genetic Engineering Save the Galápagos? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z 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 Our thesis is that mockingbirds use four compositional strategies to create their melodious song: timbre change, pitch change, stretch and squeeze. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “Why does the northern mockingbird make sense in the southernmost state?” he said. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z A story he told many times of accidentally shooting a mockingbird as a boy was one he was unexpectedly reluctant to recite on-camera. 'Lucky' is a tribute tailor-made for actor Harry Dean Stanton 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “Oh, there the mockingbird goes. It’s loud. “The more mockingbirds sing, the females think they’re awesome,” he adds. Group gives blind visitors a chance to appreciate birds 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The space is done up like a contemporary country kitchen, more upmarket than down-home, with white wainscoting, curtains striped like mattress ticking and the mockingbird logo branded on each polished plywood table. At JuneBaby, star chef Edouardo Jordan returns to his Southern roots 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Ornithology says: here are all the species the mockingbird copies. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z 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 Responding to a report, an officer removed two mockingbirds that were trapped in a window well. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Deep coos of mourning doves, soprano trills of mockingbirds, rat-a-tat-tats of a woodpecker greet him. West Dallas residents share stories of neighborhood, changes 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It is also fancied by some birds, including the wild turkey, American robin, Northern bobwhite, Eastern bluebird, mockingbird, white-throated sparrow, Carolina wren and European starling. What Poison Ivy Has Against Us 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z As if aware of the flimsiness of their own work, mourning doves often repurpose abandoned robin or mockingbird nests, topping the original nest with additional materials. The Mourning Dove, a Melancholy Crooner 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z But the idea of prying into Lee’s life always felt a bit like killing a mockingbird - the bird you leave alone because all it does is sing. A handwritten note from Harper Lee is the politest rejection 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z During the voyage’s five weeks at the islands, he observed giant tortoises and marine iguanas, mockingbirds and finches. See Breathtaking Photos of the Galapagos Islands on the Anniversary of Darwin's Voyage 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Wrens, finches and mockingbirds seem to appreciate the landscapes created by humans, and are never too far from backyards, birdfeeders and lawn chairs. Common Yellowthroat Warbler: A Bandit in the Bramble 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z And we all know it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus Finch Confronted What the South Couldn't 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Listening to a mockingbird, at any hour, is accepting an open invitation to a wilder New York City. Many Songs, No ‘Snooze’ 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z “That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” she says. A Review of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Sag Harbor 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Cacti, in turn, are a “keystone species” that provide food for songbirds, like finches and mockingbirds, and reptiles, like lava lizards, Gibbs adds. Galapagos Giant Tortoise Brought Back From Brink of Extinction The mockingbird is not threatened in Tennessee, the society said, but experts calculate that if current climate trends continue, these “official” birds soon may be rare or nonexistent in their states: Tennessee editorial roundup 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The first to rise are blue jays, mockingbirds, starlings and mourning doves, he said. New York Today: Early Birds 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z A mockingbird in your neighborhood means no one sleeps in. Many Songs, No ‘Snooze’ 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z A recent study found one species, the northern mockingbird, that is often very vocal at night, tends to stay up later feeding its young when artificial light allows it. If Birds Are Up, They May as Well Sing 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z To fight off cowbirds, which lay eggs in the nests of other species, mockingbirds swarm the unwelcome guests and viciously peck at them until they fly away. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z The war between mockingbirds and cowbirds is a case in point. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z He reached up, touched blood, and then saw a mockingbird circling above. City Room: In Brooklyn Park, a Fierce New Pecking Order 2013-07-17T10:15:02Z But the mockingbird is also a practical bird, and uses the same perches to swoop down on unsuspecting crickets, grubs and caterpillars. Many Songs, No ‘Snooze’ 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z His painting of the northern mockingbird shows a nest attacked by a rattlesnake. Audubon's Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show] 2013-05-17T18:15:00.220Z In a final twist, the mockingbirds end up raising the cowbird babies. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z So the mockingbirds managed to save some of their offspring. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z Such aggressive behavior in mockingbirds result from perceived threats to their hatchlings, said Glenn Phillips, executive director of New York City Audubon. City Room: In Brooklyn Park, a Fierce New Pecking Order 2013-07-17T10:15:02Z Among the species of greatest concern were the Galapagos mockingbirds and finches, which might happily peck away at the bait. Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap 2013-05-15T17:20:48.780Z Raptors ranged in size from as small as a mockingbird to as big as a bear, Kirkland said. Utah paleontologists discover new raptor dinosaur 2012-05-19T00:00:18Z Later still, orioles, thrushes, robins, linnets, and a wild mockingbird without any name, go down not only to drink, but to lave in the waters. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z But, said Dr. Gloag, once the eggs hatch, the larger mockingbird chicks compete very well with the smaller cowbirds. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z The researchers recorded two types of vocalizations from the Galapagos mockingbirds: their song calls and their alarm calls, and edited them into soundtracks each containing two or three examples of either type of call. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z It would also make it easier to realize conservationists’ long-standing ambition of reintroducing mockingbirds and tortoises to the island, not to mention the respite it would bring for the Galapagos petrel. Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap 2013-05-15T17:20:48.780Z 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 And in a Manhattan housing project, a mother cradles her 6-month-old daughter, Cecilia, and Meredith Traver plays a lullaby on her guitar, softly singing the words, “Papa is going to buy you a mockingbird.” Relaxing, Touching the Memory, Music Helps With the Final Transition 2011-07-04T02:15:24Z 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 An alternative explanation, however, is that there are true differences between the sites, perhaps owing to slight variations in predator behavior or mockingbird vocalizations. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z Aruba’s native mockingbirds, owls and orioles have met the enemy. Dot Earth: Island Birds + Invading Boa = Trouble in Paradise 2011-01-27T20:21:01Z What child is there who does not know the mockingbird, caged or free? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z There were several 100+-year-old, healthy trees that provided welcome shade in summer, and attracted birds we’d never seen on a residential street in New York City: cardinals in winter, woodpeckers and mockingbirds in spring. City Room: The State of the City, Block by Block 2011-01-20T20:22:43Z His loud rollicking song and careless independent ways, so suggestive of his cousin, the mockingbird, made him always a marked figure. A-Birding on a Bronco It is particularly impressive that these iguanas appear able to capitalize on the alarm calls of another species, the Galapagos mockingbird. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z "See what I'm doing, hurry up, hurry up," cried the mockingbird, repeating over and over his song of welcome. The Shadow Ever alert, on the qui vive, the mockingbird can no more suppress the music within him, night or day, than he can keep his nervous, high-strung body at rest. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The big side yard upon which the steps descended was flooded with moonlight, and a mockingbird was sending forth a trial note or two. The House of Fulfilment Poets and prose writers alike have lavished epithets on nightingale and mockingbird, wood thrush and veery, yet who, till he heard one, could imagine what its song was like? Upon The Tree-Tops If they had the ability to eavesdrop on the alarm calls of the mockingbirds, they would possibly be able to engage their anti-predator behaviors significantly earlier and increase their chances of survival. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z But no figure came to meet her, only a firefly twinkled in the distance, and above her head a mockingbird gave a sleepy chirp. The Shadow "Oft in the stilly night," when the moonlight sheds a silvery radiance about every sleeping creature, the mockingbird sings to his mate such delicious music as only the European nightingale can rival. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The adjacent forest was vocal with the songs of birds, chief of which were the chattering notes of a species of mockingbird, whose imitative efforts afforded abundant merriment. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 The resemblance he is said to bear to the mockingbird I have never been able to see. Upon The Tree-Tops Forty-five percent of iguanas showed vigilance behavior during the playback of the alarm call, compared with only 28.1% of iguanas during the playback of the mockingbird songs, a statistically significant difference. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z It was a time when rabbits gamboled, when mockingbirds sang by moonlight and all the world turned young. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp On moonlight nights, Punchinello entertains himself and Columbine with a series of inimitable performances which have earned him the title of yellow mockingbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Does Shelley interpret the skylark, or Wordsworth the cuckoo, or Bryant the bobolink, or Whitman the mockingbird and the thrush? Under the Maples The mockingbird is a joyous, rollicking, marvelous songster; the wood thrush moves the very soul with his ecstatic notes; the clarin equals the latter in quality, with a much larger variety. Upon The Tree-Tops This suggests that the Galapagos iguanas are able to eavesdrop on the alarm calls of the mockingbirds and respond accordingly. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z She turned upon Hawkins like a spiteful mockingbird. A Noble Woman He is very intelligent and friendly, like his cousin, the mockingbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He prayed with a voice that roared like thunder and which made the charcoal fall from the log in the fireplace, and which alarmed the jays and inquisitive mockingbirds about the little clearing. The River Prophet The brown thrush ranks high as a musician, the mockingbird leads the world, in the opinion of its lovers, and the winter wren thrills one to the heart. Little Brothers of the Air For these iguanas, it truly is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Eavesdropping Iguanas Use Mockingbird Calls To Survive 2012-03-15T18:15:00.260Z She could no more give herself 11 seriously to the demands of such a profession than a Southern mockingbird can take a serious view of music. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance The yellow-breasted chat has remarkable vocal ability, but he is not a real musician like the mockingbird, who also likes to have fun with his voice. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The road under the moon was white and from a persimmon tree in an old field came the trill of a mockingbird. The Jucklins A Novel It is of the size and make of the mockingbird, lightly thrush-colored on the back, and a grayish-white on the breast and belly. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The rich notes rang higher and higher, filling the languid air, and drowning the trill of the mockingbirds. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Last night when I awoke and heard a mockingbird in the cedars, I told myself that I could never be happy away from you. The Miller Of Old Church With a sigh of relief he picked up the basket; then whistling gaily as a mockingbird, he set out once more in the direction of Rosehaven. Ole Mammy's Torment As they lowered the poor little home-made coffin into the grave the mockingbirds began to sing and they sang all that dewy, moonlight night. Letters of a Woman Homesteader Feet, wings, tail, color, head, and general form and size are all those of a song-bird,—very much like that master songster, the mockingbird,—yet this bird is a regular Bluebeard among its kind. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Another bird, the primavera, seems to be like our mockingbird, imitating the notes and cries of many other birds and animals. In Indian Mexico (1908) And this the mockingbird, love-drunk, emptying his heart of a troubadour in a song of fire and dew. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The mockingbird sang on, but the garden appeared to darken and grow cold. Lewis Rand The moon is full again," he continued, "and last night I heard a mockingbird in the garden. Audrey The mockingbird, a feathered miracle to the Highlander, would sway on a twig above them and sing jubilantly the whole day through and deep into the night. The Frontiersmen The brown thrush, rival of the lark and mockingbird, seldom seeks the society of the blue jay. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors If we of the North were to slaughter mockingbirds for food, when they come North to visit us, the men of the South would call us greedy barbarians; and they would be quite right. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And in the trees there were owls, and in the bushes there were whip-poor-wills, and sometimes a mockingbird, but no other kinds of birds, and at night the fireflies were all about. Lewis Rand From over the water, out of the heart of the moonlit wood, came the song of a mockingbird, a tumultuous ecstasy, possessing the air and making elfin the night. Audrey There was a long pause while the mockingbird sang with an exuberant magic which might baffle the emulation of any ada-wehi of them all. The Frontiersmen There is also the grayish solitaire which looks very much like the mockingbird of less variable climes. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter What would you say of the people of the North if they slaughtered your mockingbird to eat! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And about the poor boy who lived on the next place—and the apple tree and the little stream where you played, and the mockingbird he gave you. Lewis Rand By now the moon was high, and the mockingbird in the wood across the water was singing madly. Audrey The mockingbird paused to listen to a note from the hermit thrush in the dense rhododendron, still splendidly abloom on the mountain slope. The Frontiersmen Now and then there came to us like an inspiration from heaven the ecstatic music of the mockingbird, carrying shame and despair to the breasts of all the other warblers of the aerial choir. The Gentleman from Everywhere Clara and the baby were laughing in great glee, when a mockingbird, perched on the topmost bough of a small tree opposite the nursery window, burst suddenly into song, with many a trill and quaver. The Marrow of Tradition Colonel Churchill drew a long sigh, wiped his face with his handkerchief, and looked miserably up to the green boughs where the mockingbird was singing. Lewis Rand Sometimes she whistled a note or cried a greeting to a mockingbird, a rosy finch, or a song sparrow. Her Father's Daughter The mockingbirds were singing in the woods outside. The Frontiersmen High the silver ibis flies— Silver wings in silver skies; In the sun the Saurian lies: Comes the mockingbird and prates To the boatman at the gates Of the Ocklawaha. The Gentleman from Everywhere By the same reasoning, the mockingbird might have been a familiar of the witch, and the two might have conspired to lure the infant to destruction. The Marrow of Tradition About them was the Seven Sisters rose, and above towered the tulip tree with a mockingbird singing in its branches. Lewis Rand He knew that plant, as it quivered against the blue,—the chou-gras, as Creole children call it: its dark berries form the mockingbird's favorite food ... Chita: a Memory of Last Island A mockingbird was singing from out the boscage of the laurel near at hand, and the night wind was astir. The Frontiersmen He is the mockingbird of squirrels, barking like a dog, screaming like a hawk, whistling like a blackbird or linnet, while in bluff, audacious noisiness he is a jay. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Here, using facts as a means, it gives meanings to the hackberry tree, limestone, mockingbird, Inca dove, Mexican primrose, golden eagle, the Davis Mountains, cedar cutters, and many another natural phenomenon. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations There was a melancholy sleepiness in it; the mockingbirds had ceased singing; the chirping insects had become weary. Remember the Alamo The buckeye does not grow in New England, and the mockingbird is rarely heard here. Walden The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Through life, it must be acknowledged, this brilliant creature was essentially "a mockingbird," and made game of every one till she met her mate. Thomas Carlyle Roy Bedichek's chapters on the mockingbird, in Adventures with a Texas Naturalist, are like rich talk under a tree on a pleasant patch of ground staked out for his claim by an April-voiced mockingbird. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Into the sweet, warm air mockingbirds were pouring low, broken songs of ineffable melody. Remember the Alamo A mockingbird, perched on a bough almost over his head, began to pour forth his liquid song, and from another far away came the same song like an echo. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis High among their branches, the red and yellow mockingbirds still build their hanging nests, uncouth storks and tree-porcupines cling above, and the spotted deer and the tapir drink from the sluggish stream below. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 That is a mockingbird, the great black capped mockingbird, I think. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War It is like the mockingbird of the West, that has no song of its own, and yet makes the woods ring with every note it has ever heard. Castilian Days The mockingbird cannot withhold; he breaks into song—she turns—she turns her face—it is she, it is she! Old Creole Days The mockingbirds sang around him again and through the rifts in the leaves he saw the sailing hawks seeking their prey. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis The mockingbird doubtless surpasses it in variety and profusion of notes; but falls short, I imagine, in sweetness and effectiveness. Locusts and Wild Honey The morning of the 19th of February was calm and beautiful, while the songs of mockingbirds filled the air. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The bird is a most persistent and vociferous songster, and fully as successful a mimic as the mockingbird. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers The branches above him were full of mockingbirds. The Rainbow Trail Instead the song of the mockingbird pursued him. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis We have but one real nocturnal songster, and that is the mockingbird. Locusts and Wild Honey 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 I refer to Walt Whitman's "Out of the cradle endlessly rocking," in which the mockingbird plays a part. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Night had vanished on invisible wings and silence broke to the music of a mockingbird. The Rainbow Trail Then came areas of solemn live oaks and gloomy cypresses, where no mockingbirds were singing. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis Feet, wings, tail, color, head, and general form and size are all those of a songbird,—very much like that master songster, the mockingbird,—yet this bird is a regular Bluebeard among its kind. Locusts and Wild Honey The word that best expresses my feelings, on hearing the mockingbird, is admiration, though the first emotion is one of surprise and incredulity. Wake-Robin It is said that the mockingbird is dumb in the presence of the bobolink. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers This is the country of the liveoak and the magnolia, the gray, swinging moss and the yellow jessamine, the chameleon and the mockingbird. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings There were many valuable tropical birds, parrots, cockatoos, mockingbirds, humming-birds, etc., as well as some vultures and eagles, and one condor. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum It is of the size and make of the mockingbird, lightly thrush-colored on the back, and a grayish white on the breast and belly. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers |
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