The shore birds scurried along the wet sand, probing for crabs and worms.

Every winter, a flock of snow-birds descends on the frozen marsh, brightening the white landscape with their cheerful calls.

The snow birds returned to the southern coast as the first cold front rolled in.

At dusk, strange birds gathered on the old pier, their calls echoing across the water.

During the heated debate he shouted 'You're a whore's-bird!' and the halls fell silent.

The neighborhood installed new bird feeders on every lamppost to attract more songbirds.

The old scare-the-birds stood motionless in the cornfield, its tattered coat flapping in the wind.

At dawn, qua-birds gathered on the cliff, their bright plumage flashing as they prepared to migrate.

She kept flipping the bird at the obnoxious driver until he finally drove away.

When the taxi driver cut him off, Mark flipped the bird before sprinting into the meeting.