kiskadees

Then toward dusk everything changes: The air cools, the light becomes amber, and the open sky above the rivers and swamps fills with darting swallows and swifts, kiskadees and flycatchers.

One River Wade Davis 1996

Then toward dusk everything changes: The air cools, the light becomes amber, and the open sky above the rivers and swamps fills with darting swallows and swifts, kiskadees and flycatchers.

One River Wade Davis 1996

No month or day or hour fails to bring vital changes -- tragedies and comedies -- to the network of life of these tropical gardens; but as we drive along the broad paths of an afternoon, the quiet vistas show only waving palms, weaving vultures, and swooping kiskadees, with bursts of color from bougainvillea, flamboyant, and queen of the flowers.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

A soca-soaked picture emerges - kiskadees, whitey trees, married-man pork, rotting wooden houses on stilts, chutney and zinc in the air - all "mud and fruit, race and crime."

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Nandini Lal 2011

I discovered birding on a previous trip, as a hiker enchanted by the anthropomorphic kingdom of jays that are gloriously green instead of dull blue; fierce mohawk-coiffed kingfishers chasing mates along the riverbanks; screeching rooster-size chachalacas bullying in the brush; and black-masked great kiskadees that blow their cool by singing like squeaky toys.

post-gazette.com - News 2010

I discovered birding on a previous trip, as a hiker enchanted by the anthropomorphic kingdom of jays that are gloriously green instead of dull blue; fierce mohawk-coiffed kingfishers chasing mates along the riverbanks; screeching rooster-size chachalacas bullying in the brush; and black-masked great kiskadees that blow their cool by singing like squeaky toys.

NYT > Home Page By ELAINE GLUSAC 2010

Goller previously studied kiskadees, which are suboscines, and found that air pressure, not muscle power, was the key factor regulating their frequency range.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

I discovered birding on a previous trip, as a hiker enchanted by the anthropomorphic kingdom of jays that are gloriously green instead of dull blue; fierce mohawk-coiffed kingfishers chasing mates along the riverbanks; screeching rooster-size chachalacas bullying in the brush; and black-masked great kiskadees that blow their cool by singing like squeaky toys.

NYT > Travel By ELAINE GLUSAC 2010

Goller previously studied kiskadees, which are suboscines, and found that air pressure, not muscle power, was the key factor regulating their frequency range.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

I discovered birding on a previous trip, as a hiker enchanted by the anthropomorphic kingdom of jays that are gloriously green instead of dull blue; fierce mohawk-coiffed kingfishers chasing mates along the riverbanks; screeching rooster-size chachalacas bullying in the brush; and black-masked great kiskadees that blow their cool by singing like squeaky toys.

post-gazette.com - News 2010