| 单词 | redwing |
| 例句 | The smart crows and redwing blackbirds knew when their chances of getting a bite of corn had improved! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Several massive, shaggy work horses stood up to their knees in muck among dense cattail stands in which hundreds of noisy redwing blackbirds cavorted. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere nearby a meadowlark and a redwing blackbird sang their bright, cheery songs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They flew so low they scared the nesting redwings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He hauled himself down the incline and, as he turned to go four redwings shot up from the lower limbs of a white-oak tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the new movie, it's what looks like a gigantic redwing blackbird. The power of Hannah Waddingham's character Mother Witch in "Hocus Pocus 2" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Later, a male redwing blackbird danced along a boardwalk handrail, showing off its crimson wing spots. Pick a park for an Eastside bird-watching walk, from Bellevue to Issaquah 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z A drop-off of 3 billion North American birds in recent decades has consisted largely of insect eaters, from the whip-poor-will to redwing blackbirds and barn swallows. Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Even so, the decision to cancel a festival that celebrates the natural wonder of sedge warblers, ospreys, redwings and wigeons that are able to take to the skies carbon-free has left many fans crestfallen. Birdwatchers flocked to this British ‘birdfair’ for 30 years. Now, it’s ending because of climate change. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z On a smaller scale, the two Scandinavian thrush species, redwings and fieldfares, are starting to arrive, and they will be joined by other charming northern songbirds, such as bramblings and snow buntings. Nature got us through lockdown. Here's how it can get us through the next one 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The trail, which is part boardwalk, juts into the swampy forest at multiple spots, and there are plenty of benches along the way to pause and listen to the singing redwings. If you need some fresh air, be sensible and safe: These five spots have plenty of natural beauty and elbow room 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The numbers of redwings we trapped went up considerably when we started playing a tape made in Latvia, one of the countries they migrate from during the winter. Close encounters with Britain’s birdlife 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z A redwing blackbird landed on their bird feeder out back. Foxconn is confusing the hell out of Wisconsin 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Thrushes, blackbirds, redwings and fieldfares feast on berries throughout the winter. Why are there so many berries this year? 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Hawfinches and great tits were abundant among the pines, and in the early dawn the melodious song of the blue-thrush reminded one of Scandinavian springs and the redwing's note. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The redwings were his favourite game, for it was possible to strike one down silently; whereas no sooner did he miss a spring at throstle or blackbird than the whole wood knew of the occurrence. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Just as redwings and field-fares constitute the first game of young gunners, so the loach, the minnow, and the stickleback, are the prey of the young poacher. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Thrushes and blackbirds come to the hedges surrounding these meadows; the fieldfares and redwings are there by hundreds, and fly up to the trees if alarmed. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The naked tangle of button-bushes has become a green island, populous with garrulous colonies of redwings. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z This man, though he knew that the song-thrushes were migratory in Spain, saying they were pajaros de entrada, which left when the swallows appeared, did not see any difference between them and the redwings. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Two of his horses came out of the far turn, the sound of their hooves drowning out the songs of redwing blackbirds. Time Might Be Right for Derby Hopeful To Honor and Serve 2011-04-02T15:45:18Z Even the flickers wore their reddest collars and sang their sweetest notes, as if vying with the redwings which flashed their little black bodies hither and thither as flame bears smoke. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Flocks of redwings and fieldfares are commonly seen during the end of the season. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Then, in Louisiana, about 500 birds - including starlings, cowbirds and redwing blackbirds - rained down from the skies. No 'aflockalypse' 2011-01-07T18:44:18Z Where the river winds through grassy meadows, as sure as the south wind brings the rain, Sounding his reedy note in the alders, the redwing comes back to his nest again. Later Poems In the fields near the sycamore flocks of redwings went swinging over the tall gleaming mustard. A-Birding on a Bronco The reedy marshes are beloved by the redwings. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I got under the oak tree, and there on a bough was a redwing singing with all his might. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z These also the irascible redwing decided to be foes, flying about their heads threateningly, and never ceasing his doleful cries so long as they were in sight. Upon The Tree-Tops Now is the time of year When all the flutes begin,— The redwing bold and clear, The rainbird far and thin. Later Poems The redwing blackbird may linger a day or two after these, but he does not wait to any more than see September arrive before he, too, is off. Old Plymouth Trails The blackbirds make the maples ring With social cheer and jubilee; The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.—Emerson. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 For instance, the redwing is one of our most prominent winter visitors. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I knew from previous studies that the love-making manners of the redwing are a little on the "knock-down-and-drag-out" order of some savage tribes of our own species. Upon The Tree-Tops The bluebird comes with the winds of March, Like a shred of sky on the naked larch; The redwing follows the April rain To whistle contentment back again With his sturdy call of cheer. Later Poems The egg answers exactly the description given of that of the redwing thrush, both in Bewick and Wood's British Song Birds; being bluish-green, with a few largish spots of a dark brown colour. Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc A redwing called from the bracken bordering the brook, and the girl called back, trying to mimic its glad note. The Wall Between It should be remarked that neither redwing nor fieldfare sings during the winter; they of course have their ‘call’ and cry of alarm, but by no stretch of courtesy could it be called a song. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The Young Americans of the redwing family are as vivacious and uneasy as might be expected of the scions of that house. Upon The Tree-Tops 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 Has the egg of the redwing been ever seen in this situation before? Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Already they are invading the haunts of our grackles and redwings. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year But this redwing was singing—sweet and very loud, far louder than the old familiar notes of the thrush. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Later, when the young were out of the nest and quite expert on wing, the redwing's relations with them puzzled me also. Upon The Tree-Tops It appears that redwings and fieldfares are caught by this method also, as well as a few ring-ousels and blackbirds. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. "I was going to take Margaret to see a redwing's nest," he said. The Merryweathers In the early spring the great flocks of grackles and redwings return, among the first to arrive as they were the last to leave for the South. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Following the course of the stream, fieldfares and redwings rise in numbers from every hawthorn bush, where they have been feeding on the peggles. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z So long as the crows stayed the redwing was frantic, his cries filled the air; and as they were almost constantly there, he was kept on the borders of frenzy most of the time. Upon The Tree-Tops Besides which in a short time he will receive large reinforcements, for his allies, the fieldfares and redwings, are preparing to set sail across the sea hither. Wood Magic A Fable He plunged into a detailed account of the great match, and soon Willy's eyes were sparkling, and his cheeks glowing, and he had forgotten all about Margaret and the redwing's nest. The Merryweathers They are always seeking a new place, and from the moment of leaving the nest show in a marked way the unrest, the impatience of the redwing family. In Nesting Time Rooks, starlings, wood-pigeons, fieldfares, and redwings, may be seen in winter all feeding in the same field, and all in large flocks. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z How shrill sounded the cries of the redwings in the marsh! Walter and the Wireless The faint, silvery warblings heard over the partially bare and moist fields from the bluebird, the song sparrow, and the redwing, as if the last flakes of winter tinkled as they fell!—H. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Fieldfares or redwings disappear sooner or later according as the warm weather comes on earlier or later. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Birds that come early, like the bluebird, robin, and redwing, are of special service in destroying insects before the insects lay their eggs for the season. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition When frost prevents access to food in the east, thrushes and blackbirds move westwards, just as the fieldfares and redwings do. Nature Near London One of our July days was spent with two Scotch boys of our own age hunting redwing blackbirds then busy in the corn-fields. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The redwing, being largely insectivorous, is often picked up dead in the fields when the frost is unusually severe and food proportionally difficult to obtain. Hertfordshire Hence we may be assured that fieldfares and redwings build in Sweden. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 He roosted in a great fastness of age-old holly-bushes within a wood, whose branches were packed with his relations—redwings, thrushes, and blackbirds, and also starlings—all tired out, all booked for the south. The Way of the Wild On the southern side of London, at least in the districts I am best acquainted with, there was hardly a fieldfare or redwing to be seen for weeks and even months. Nature Near London Do you know that the redwing is equally as useful, and besides he is a delightful singer? Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird The male redwing, up to his first autumn, is hardly distinguishable in dress from his mother. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 On up he went, round and round in a rapid, mounting spiral, till only one of the daring redwings followed. Roof and Meadow Indeed, you can hardly realize, unless you have almost lived their life, what the snow and the frost mean to all the thrush people, but more especially to the common song-thrush and the redwing. The Way of the Wild But now in autumn the haws are red on the thorn, the swallows are few as they were in the earliest spring; the sedge-birds have flown, and the redwings will soon be here. Nature Near London The wide front gates stood open, the big-eyed poplars beamed above the oleanders and the myrtle, while the thrushes and the redwings twittered and caroled their greetings from on high. Sandy Then fieldfares, redwings, starlings, and others prefer the meadows that are dotted with them. The Amateur Poacher And still higher in pure bravado the redwing forced him. Roof and Meadow Distant redwings gave their celebrated imitation of a great multitude. The Rules of the Game When the oak leaves first begin to turn buff, and the first acorns drop, the redwings arrive, and their "kuk-kuk" sound in the hedges and the shrubberies in the gardens of suburban villas. Nature Near London The fieldfares will soon be here now, and the redwings, coming as they have done for generations about the time of the sowing of the corn. Hodge and His Masters Fieldfares and redwings rose out of the hedges and flew away in their peculiarly scattered manner—their flocks, though proceeding in the same direction, seeming all loose and disordered. The Amateur Poacher To make out the voices of redwings and marsh-wrens in the rasping notes of the city sparrows behind the shutter required much more imagination. Roof and Meadow Some uttered notes that reminded me of our own redwings. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Game is plentiful there—boar, hare, redwing, quail, partridge. Saint Augustin Among those I have seen are flocks of starlings and scattered birds, mainly redwings, thrushes, blackbirds, and occasionally robins. The Naturalist on the Thames The 'kuck-kuck' of the redwings came from the bushes—the first note of approaching winter—and the tips of the rushes were dead. The Amateur Poacher Here Emerson discriminates; there is no mistaking his blackbird this time for the European species, though it is true there is nothing fluty or flute-like in the redwing's voice. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The very rooks are black, and the starlings and the wintry fieldfares and redwings have no colour at a distance. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies This was not the first time I had heard the redwing called the ricebird. A Florida Sketch-Book The redwings had not yet come; the acorns were full, but still green; the greedy rooks longed to see them riper. The Open Air They are redwings and thrushes; every withy-bed is full of them. The Amateur Poacher A great fieldfare rises, like a lesser pigeon; fieldfares often haunt the verge of woods, while the redwing thrushes go out into the meadows. The Life of the Fields Starlings were not at all plentiful; blackbirds and thrushes were there, but not nearly so numerous as is usually the case; fieldfares and redwings drifted by in the winter, but never stopped. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies You can identify it by its rusty feathers and pale yellow eye, and easily distinguish the rusty-gray female from the female redwing that is conspicuously streaked. Bird Neighbors Fieldfares and redwings disappear sooner or later according as the warm weather comes on earlier or later. The Natural History of Selborne Hence we may be assured that fieldfares and redwings breed in Sweden. The Natural History of Selborne |
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