How to Use rare bird in a Sentence

rare bird

noun

• The little diner is a rare bird in a city full of expensive restaurants.
• Whooping cranes are among the world’s largest and rarest birds.
  — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• Even in the depths of the recession, that was a pretty rare bird.
  — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 11 May 2022
• Dozens of species of rare birds are found there, and thousands of pairs are breeding right now.
  — Thomas Krumenacker, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
• With any luck, a rare bird with a broken wing is going to take flight again.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 May 2020
• Looking up in open spaces is a great way to spot rare birds, Ms. Wolf said.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Here are some of the rare birds that have been spotted in New York recently.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• The latter is a very rare bird, with only 185 in service at five bases.
  — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2021
• The banding stations attract birders across the Wasatch Front, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare bird.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Mar. 2022
• The male godwit pushed back to Alaska by winds is a rare bird that did not make the journey in a single flight.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2021
• Now, months later, state officials have released the cause of the rare bird’s death.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• This high-altitude realm is the nesting site for Zino’s petrel, one of the rarest birds in the world.
  — National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2020
• Flocks of the rare birds can often be spotted winging overhead at dawn and dusk.
  — National Geographic, 11 May 2018
• Survival lessons — a tree, a buck and rare birdsThis week, the public will say goodbye to a storied tree.
  — Wendy Leung, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2020
• Cardona had spent two decades nurturing the rare bird, a species once thought extinct.
  — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
• At Tettegouche State Park, look for falcons and other rare birds that come to nest.
  — Kristi Valentini, Woman's Day, 25 June 2019
• Tourists can explore the rocky shoreline, hiking trails and check out a bird watching tower to see some of the island’s rare birds and plants.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• During the first week of September 1958, keen observers spotted hundreds of rare birds in the British Isles.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• All afternoon the rare birds had been standing, rump-up, head down, busy eating the algae that turns their bodies pink.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
• Bonobo is one of those rare birds who can conjur magic with his melodies and curate one hell of a composition.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 May 2019
• Even in pre-settlement times, Kirtland’s warbler was something of a rare bird.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019
• But cardinals are rare birds in the city streets, tending to lay low in their apartments, sedans and curial offices.
  — New York Times, 9 May 2018
• Lions' ability to cover tight ends: Kyle Pitts is a rare bird, so maybe this is a little unfair.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2021
• With life spans in past centuries hovering around 30 or 40 years, finding cancer in the fossil record is like sighting a rare bird.
  — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
• Phase two will add a large, indoor tropical bird habitat and flying area so people can see these rare birds year-round.
  — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 12 Mar. 2018
• The parrot's unique feathers are highly prized by collectors and therefore make the rare bird a treasured target.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• Jay Qualman is a rare bird in the Detroit jungle: a purebred car cuckoo who nests in the high branches of the automobile business.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 Nov. 2020
• While there are plenty of local species to learn about, there also are rare bird sightings frequently reported in the area.
  — Jessica Peralta, Daily Pilot, 14 Dec. 2017
• And rare bird alerts use private chat groups including on WhatsApp and Discord, Weber said.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• But just two days before the researchers were scheduled to leave the island, a camera trap captured footage of the exceptionally rare bird.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024