plural veeries
: an American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the eastern U.S.
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Nantucket: five willets at Smith Point, a Baird’s sandpiper at Low Beach, an eastern kingbird at Jackson Point, and a veery at Siasconset.
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Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Also spotted were a least flycatcher, a veery, and an orchard oriole.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2018
The forest is a large and welcome habitat for forest birds like the veery, wood thrush, and a variety of owls and woodpeckers.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
The veeries may have already passed through while the hermit thrushes may not have arrived quite yet.
—Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 13 Oct. 2017
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Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Also spotted were a least flycatcher, a veery, and an orchard oriole.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2018
The forest is a large and welcome habitat for forest birds like the veery, wood thrush, and a variety of owls and woodpeckers.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
The veeries may have already passed through while the hermit thrushes may not have arrived quite yet.
—Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 13 Oct. 2017
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“Veery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veery. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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