How to Use wading bird in a Sentence

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  • This demo gives you, the fans, a bird’s eye view of the very start of it!
    Peter Helman, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Hold so still that a bird might land right next to you.
    Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 23 Oct. 2017
  • To spatchcock is to remove a bird's spine and lay the body flat.
    Hugue Dufour, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Just finding a bird in the vast terrain of the West is half the battle.
    Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 23 Mar. 2020
  • In this case, the early bird gets the best deal on a bird at Safeway.
    Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The next time a bird flies overhead, take a moment to watch.
    Sidra Monreal, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2019
  • Personally, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • How tough can a bird that weighs about a pound soaking wet be?
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2020
  • About that Latin name: the genus name Aegolius is a type of screech owl thought to be a bird of ill omen.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
  • Wings in motion and eyes bright, this is a bird to be reckoned with.
    Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2018
  • One of the best ways to meet the needs of birds in your landscape is to provide water in a bird bath.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
  • The door is somewhat protected and a bird — not sure of the species — nested on the wreath.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • So Darlene wants to know: is there a birds and bees talk in their future?
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Like a bird leaving the nest, kids leaving the house and going out on their own.
    Mike Hiserman, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • And our show wraps with a story on how a sheep dog became a bird dog.
    CNN, 13 Feb. 2020
  • His death was the first in the Aviation Era to be attributed to a bird strike.
    Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
  • It’s hard for a bird to pass up the state’s temperate clime and stable prey sources.
    Adam Popescu, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Meier instructs me, the girl who looks like a bird flapping its wings across the table.
    Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Pretty soon the back seat was a bird hatchery, and even dad couldn’t suppress a smile.
    Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • In 2005, Iowa’s farms were hit hard by a bird flu epidemic.
    Kelsey Piper, Vox, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Just a birds eye view of our Bacon Marmalade Grilled Cheese.
    Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2019
  • There’s also a bird that struts around, lording it over the place like a, well, peacock.
    Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2018
  • Nearby, a few wading birds enjoyed a swim down the street.
    Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The fish are boney, beefy missiles, known to snatch a bird or two foolish enough to venture close to the surface.
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The snakes have cleared the swamps of much of the state’s stunning wading bird population.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2022
  • At first glance, some saw a bird’s beak — except wait, are those bunny ears?!
    Ashley Hoffman, Time, 21 Aug. 2019
  • That’s what happened to a bird that washed up on the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
    National Geographic, 3 Oct. 2017
  • There, water gurgled in a fountain, a bird twittered in a cage, and the smell of Chinese herbs filled the air.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018
  • Wood storks are long-legged, wading birds that can stand more than 4-feet tall when fully-grown.
    Drew Kann, ajc, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Flamingos, a wading bird, are the last species bird watchers would have predicted.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023

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