bluebird
noun
blue·bird
ˈblü-ˌbərd 
: any of three small North American thrushes (Sialia currucoides, S. mexicana, and S. sialis) that are blue above and reddish brown or pale blue below
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Park saw Westerns and James Bond movies and filled in the colors in his mind—spacious bluebird skies and rolling green hills of prairie grass, the scarlet flower pinned to Bond’s black lapel.
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Bluebird Nest Box Building Workshop with the Brown County Bluebird Club, 1 p.m. at McCormick's Creek State Park: The Brown County Bluebird Club is hosting a bluebird nesting box building session.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Nor are predators limited to the large: bluebirds, phoebes and other insect-catching flycatchers do something quite similar on a smaller scale, pouncing on insects whose existence is to us invisible.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
The space has been updated to reflect the colors of the birds seen around Central Park, including bluebirds.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
Cozy wooden tables and booths adorned with petite bouquets bask in the light of huge windows, and a cabinet displaying sculptures and paintings of bluebirds — gifts from customers, owner Jane Zieha said — looms large.
—Alison Booth, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
Walking to the mailbox, a flock of western bluebirds took flight like flickering blue Christmas lights, while nearby a dozen or more lesser goldfinches hung like bright yellow ornaments in a sumac shrub.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Idaho: Mountain bluebird The mountain bluebird is Idaho's state bird.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
The second piece, a bluebird amulet, is a nod to the animal which has been a symbol of the women’s suffrage movement since the early 1900s.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Bluebird Nest Box Building Workshop with the Brown County Bluebird Club, 1 p.m. at McCormick's Creek State Park: The Brown County Bluebird Club is hosting a bluebird nesting box building session.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Nor are predators limited to the large: bluebirds, phoebes and other insect-catching flycatchers do something quite similar on a smaller scale, pouncing on insects whose existence is to us invisible.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
The space has been updated to reflect the colors of the birds seen around Central Park, including bluebirds.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
Cozy wooden tables and booths adorned with petite bouquets bask in the light of huge windows, and a cabinet displaying sculptures and paintings of bluebirds — gifts from customers, owner Jane Zieha said — looms large.
—Alison Booth, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
Walking to the mailbox, a flock of western bluebirds took flight like flickering blue Christmas lights, while nearby a dozen or more lesser goldfinches hung like bright yellow ornaments in a sumac shrub.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Idaho: Mountain bluebird The mountain bluebird is Idaho's state bird.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
The second piece, a bluebird amulet, is a nod to the animal which has been a symbol of the women’s suffrage movement since the early 1900s.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
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bluebird
noun
blue·bird
-ˌbərd
: any of three small North American songbirds related to the robin but more or less blue above
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