Sentence examples for splendid bird from inspiring English sources

If we can reduce our dependence on chemical pesticides, perhaps this splendid bird will rise, phoenix-like, and its unmistakable call will become the siren sound of spring and summer once again.

Darwin clearly enjoyed Bates's account of the hyacinthine macaw, calling it a "splendid bird" with its "enormous beak" able to feed on mucuja palm nuts, and quoting Bates: "which are so hard as to be difficult to break with a heavy hammer, are crushed to a pulp by the powerful beak of this Macaw".

The annual general meeting of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a splendid affair, held in the heart of London.

And if you've ever wondered why this splendid, wily bird that is indigenous to North America was named after another country, the Pilgrims are to blame.

My companion on this trip, old school friend John Lynch – who is an expert at picking out small specks in the sky and turning them into rare and splendid migrant birds – made the journey as thrilling as any African safari.

The arrangement was splendid for the bird, his mates over the years and the more than 20 youngsters they produced.

He wrote of "towering walls of verdure" and "gleaming cataracts of vines," of birds of "splendid plumage" and "rollicking monkeys".

A husky hooting may betray a pink and green trogon, a splendid relative of Mexico's national bird, the quetzal.

On a recent visit to a bird hide in the splendid London Wetlands Centre the most endemic of British species, the common bird watcher, was plainly visible.

The splendid fairywren is a small, long-tailed bird 14 cm long.

There were repeated outbreaks of splendid suet puddings – well, two – both at the Game Bird and at the Cartford Inn, Lancashire.