bluebird

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Not many now find "the meadows spattered all over with music" by the bobolink, as Thoreau did John Burroughs says that the bluebird is almost extinct in his section of country.

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  1. noun Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male.

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  • Readers of “Wake-Robin” will recognize a part of it in the matchless description of the bluebird which is found in the initial essay of that book. —  Our Friend John Burroughs
  • But there is one bird who can be found in even more poems than the robin or the bluebird, and that is the bird that first flew off with its mate when Adam suggested it might be known as a coombe. —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
  • You gave me the speed and the skill and the talent to fly like a bluebird, God. —  Aeon One
  • Special supplies for the bluebird frame include the Bird punch from McGill, blue handmade paper, a small scrap of parchment paper, green, black and orange Gelly Roll Glaze pens from Sakura, small scissors, one yellow and one brown inkpad. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
  • The informational presentation lasts one hour and is followed by an optional hands-on assembly of a wooden bluebird or wren nest box. —  battlecreekenquirer.com -
 

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/ˈblubərd/
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