blackbirds
Crows' smaller cousins
Blackbirds is the plural of blackbird—any of several species of dark-plumaged birds.
In North America, blackbirds include red-winged blackbirds, grackles, and cowbirds.
In Britain, the blackbird is a thrush species, the male entirely black with an orange beak.
A flock of blackbirds descended on the field.
Spotted woodland vocalist
- passerinePerching bird order member
- avianOf or concerning birds
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
wings · plumage · perching · foraging · insectivorous · Rusty · starling · grackle
Sing with tremolo
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- chirpingHigh repeated animal calls
- singingVocal music-making
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
whistle · vocalize · songbird · notes · tune · serenade · lyrical · musical
Bird's sleeping spot
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- swarmMass of moving insects
- murmurationStarlings in coordinated flight
throng · multitude · gathering · assembly · colony · flight · band · cluster
Prophetic indicator
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
eerie · mysterious · superstition · folklore · witchcraft · dark · shadowy · haunting
thrush
Spotted woodland vocalist
beak · wings · plumage · perching · foraging · insectivorous · Rusty · starling · grackle · cowbird
warble
Sing with tremolo
melody · whistle · vocalize · songbird · notes · tune · serenade · lyrical · musical · fluting
roost
Bird's sleeping spot
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- swarmMass of moving insects
murmuration · throng · multitude · gathering · assembly · colony · flight · band · cluster · gregarious
omen
Prophetic indicator
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
macabre · eerie · mysterious · superstition · folklore · witchcraft · dark · shadowy · haunting · nursery rhyme
crops
Cultivated plants for harvest
sunflowers · pest · scarecrow · orchard · vineyard · farmer · gleaning · foraging · damage · feeding
flyways
Aerial migration corridors
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
journey · instinct · navigation · departure · arrival · autumn · spring · flocking · staging · wetlands
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- farm pestsaphid, aphids, armyworm, boll weevil, corn borer
- flock birdsstarlings, geese, crows, pigeons, sparrows
- IcteridsBaltimore oriole, western meadowlark, bobolink, meadowlark, oriole
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator