The phrase "a byrd" is not correct in standard written English; the correct spelling is "a bird." You can use the correct phrase when referring to a type of avian creature in a general context.
Example: "I saw a bird perched on the branch outside my window."
Alternatives: "a fowl" or "a winged creature."
I remember saying: "You can't be a Byrd if you can't fly".
There were no knockdowns and neither fighter was seriously hurt, but that was typical of a Byrd fight.
Traditionally a Byrd Democrat town, it has turned Republican in recent years, voting for Gerald Ford in 1976 — while remaining faithful to Harry Byrd.
"He's been that missing link for us," said McCutchen, wearing a "Byrd Is The Word" T-shirt by his locker after the game.
Having done a little digging into the archives (novels I hadn't read, reviews before my time), I've concluded that Doctorow has become a Byrd.
Parsons, who had attempted a country-rock marriage with his previous group, the International Submarine Band, was a Byrd for only five months in 1968.
And yet one track, Let's Not Belong, has echoes of a Byrds marooned in the garage, literally and metaphorically.
"The Wrecking Crew" cites a Byrds recording session for "Mr. Tambourine Man" when every Byrd except one — Roger McGuinn, then still known as Jim — was kicked out of the studio so that better musicians could fill in.
The album also featured the pedal steel guitar playing of session musician Red Rhodes, which represented the first use of the instrument on a Byrds' recording.
The song features the trumpet playing of South African musician Hugh Masekela and as such, marks the first appearance of brass on a Byrds' recording.
South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela contributed the trumpet solo featured in the song, which represented the first use of brass on a Byrds' recording.
