How to Use catbird in a Sentence

catbird

noun
  • This year, a pair of catbirds is looking over the yard again.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Watch for green herons at the lake edge and gray catbirds in the lakeside shrubs.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The fruits provide a feast for catbirds, Eastern towhee, wood thrushes, and other songbirds.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The robin-sized gray catbird sports a lovely shade of gray overall, with a black cap, dark eye, black in the wings and contrasting bright rufous under its tail.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • This time of year, catbirds are ferreting out their nesting and feeding territories.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Watch for visiting warblers, catbirds, mockingbirds, thrushes and more.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Be prepared for some competition; elderberries are a favorite of warblers, orioles, tanagers, and catbirds.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Their dense, mounded shape provides excellent nesting habitat for robins, song sparrows, cardinals, brown thrashers, indigo buntings, and catbirds.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In early summer, small but nutritious berries (which humans can eat, too) are enjoyed by over 35 species of birds, including cedar waxwings, robins, catbirds, thrushes, and Baltimore orioles.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Viburnum species offer berries in hues of red, blue and pink, attracting mockingbirds, robins and catbirds; while American Beautyberry () features bold purple berries loved by cardinals, catbirds and finches.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025

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