Examples of cowbird in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And that new nest will likely include a cowbird egg. — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021 Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping and reacting too. — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2020 Federal and state officials, for example, have broken the necks of thousands of cowbirds to save the warbler, a songbird once on the brink of extinction. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019 According to Audubon, their open nests are easy to find with cowbirds often laying eggs in them. — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2019 Federal and state officials, for example, have broken the necks of thousands of cowbirds to save the warbler, a songbird once on the brink of extinction. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019 Federal and state officials, for example, have broken the necks of thousands of cowbirds to save the warbler, a songbird once on the brink of extinction. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019 The one-two punch of fire suppression and cowbird parasitism drove Kirtland's numbers down. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019 Federal and state officials, for example, have broken the necks of thousands of cowbirds to save the warbler, a songbird once on the brink of extinction. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019 See More

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