| 单词 | siskin |
| 例句 | As he spoke, a bird, a little pine siskin, flitted through the corral fence, zipping low to the ground, and for some reason did not register Carl’s bulk in its way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The white fox, the snowy owl, the weasel, the jaeger, and the siskin had virtually disappeared. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment the intrepid siskin opened its eyes and shivered, coming back to life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The siskin landed upside down several feet away, and lay on its back in the dust, flopping and kicking spastically while issuing pained chirrupy gurgles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most plentiful bird at Blackstone’s feeders now is the tiny pine siskin. Want to help birds? Keep the cat indoors 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Instead, we found a flock of house finches, another of pine siskins and a diminutive downy woodpecker. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z After several minutes of watching clouds of siskins, jays, nuthatches and black-capped chickadees swarm around sunflower seeds, a chickadee with a buffy splotch on its white belly landed on a suet bag. Explorer: In a Minnesota Bog, a Festival of Birds 2013-01-18T18:25:51Z Pine siskins are particularly susceptible because of their tendency to flock together in groups. Your dirty bird feeder could be spreading disease 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In front of the lodge, more than a dozen feeders were filled with bridled titmouse, cartoonish acorn woodpeckers, thick-billed, black-headed grosbeaks and gregarious pine siskins. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z As of this writing, it’s logged 194 house finch visits, 83 California towhee drop-bys, 5 squirrel sorties and a lone pine siskin pop in. My high-tech bird feeder made me wonder: Do birds have a right to privacy? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z A pine siskin appears to react to the car noise by blasting out a call — see the thick red vertical smear about three-quarters of the way across the image — spanning many frequencies. What does a hoot look like? What about a croak? Or a howl? The most chaotic birds overall are probably the goldfinches and their cousins, the pine siskins, Miller said. Which birds are the biggest jerks at the feeder? A massive data analysis reveals the answer 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The songs and calls of the pine siskin frequently include a long “zipper” call that gets higher and higher in pitch. 9 common Seattle backyard birds to listen for in the spring 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z In Michigan over the summer, an array of feeders attracted Baltimore Orioles, tufted titmice, red-bellied woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeaks, warblers and pine siskins. Get the Birds To Come To You 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z It is completely silent except for the shrieks of siskin in the canopy. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Red siskins from the center will be introduced into the coffee groves. Venezuela's vanishing red bird gets a coffee pick-me-up 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The march of conifers across Britain and Ireland has increased the numbers of pine-loving birds such as siskins and crossbills. Trees are covering more of the land in rich countries 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Redpolls, pine siskins, goldfinches, sparrows, and cardinals are the species mostly commonly affected. Clean bird feeders prevent bird sickness 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z They were about the size of the English siskin; and I judged the two to be male and female. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z His medium for sale was a paper called The Exchange and Mart, and his stock consisted of canaries, siskins, and British birds of all kinds. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Yes, and the beautiful bullfinch and the gaudy goldfinch as well, to say nothing of the siskin and canary, so it cannot be plebeian. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Of ten nests examined for eggs, five had at least one egg of the Brown-headed Cowbird; if it is assumed that each cowbird egg replaced one of the siskins, mean clutch-size is 3.7 eggs. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z No other British finch, as Mr. Weir informs me, turns during his courtship from side to side in this manner; not even the closely-allied male siskin, for he would not thus add to his beauty. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z As we followed a wood road we heard chirruping and tweeting, and saw a flock of pine siskins among the pine-tops, and later we 184 heard the vigorous tapping of a great pileated woodpecker. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Just then, a little siskin went fluttering close past the tutor's nose, alighted on a branch, and began a joyous song. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. This gives the seed eating birds, the siskins, the pine grosbeaks and especially the crossbills their best opportunity and they eagerly pluck out such seeds as the narrow openings will give them a chance at. Old Plymouth Trails The baby stared at the siskin, and chuckled. Fathers and Children They were pine siskins, which I had ample opportunity to study in my rambles among the mountains in 1901. Birds of the Rockies I once came on a considerable flock of the rare bird, the siskin. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account To the young he was a romantic figure, because they saw him frequently in the fields with his call-birds tempting siskins, yellow yites, and linties to twigs which he had previously smeared with lime. Auld Licht Idylls The siskin and the ringdove vied with each other to do them pleasure, all day long their music rejoiced ear and soul. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The goldfinches cost five kopecks, the siskins are rather more expensive, while the value of the other birds is quite indeterminate. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The robins and siskins make some of their most thrilling plunges over such cliffs as are shown in the picture. Birds of the Rockies Between the windows and on the walls hung about a dozen tiny wooden cages containing larks, canaries, and siskins. A Desperate Character and Other Stories To the young he was a romantic figure, because they saw him frequently in the fields with his call-birds tempting siskins, yellow yites, and Unties to twigs which he had previously smeared with lime. Auld Licht Idyls It was all so still and peaceful that Horieneke, who had begun to sing, stopped in the middle and stood listening to the chaffinches and siskins chattering pell-mell. The Path of Life The waggons are loaded, not with hay, not with cabbages, nor with beans, but with goldfinches, siskins, larks, blackbirds and thrushes, bluetits, bullfinches. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The siskins try to sing—I say "try" advisedly. Birds of the Rockies Swallows nesting under the eaves flew hither and thither; in the garden and the trees there were hedge-sparrows, siskins and goldfinches, and when darkness fell the nightingale began to sing. The Precipice During my waking intervals I smoked cigarettes and listened to the querulous pipings of a flock of young black-headed siskins flying about from tree to tree after their parents and asking to be fed. The Purple Land He remarks that the siskin is the tamest of finches, but its mules are as wild, when young, as newly caught birds, and are often lost through their continued efforts to escape. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 "There is no relying on that bird," a fancier will say, looking into a siskin's beak, and counting the feathers on its tail. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The siskins seen at Georgetown moved about in good-sized flocks, feeding awhile on weed-seeds on the sunny slopes, and then wheeling with a merry chirp up to the pine-clad sides of the mountains. Birds of the Rockies Mr. Weir informs me that no other British finch turns thus from side to side during his courtship, not even the closely- allied male siskin, for he would not thus add to his beauty. The Descent of Man Canary, polygamy of the; change of plumage in, after moulting; female, selecting the best singing male; sterile hybrid, singing of a; female, singing of the; selecting a greenfinch; and siskin, pairing of. The Descent of Man WEIR, JENNER, on the japanned peacock. -mare and quagga. -wildness of mule siskins. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 |
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