How to Use shorebird in a Sentence

shorebird

noun
  • The boas weren’t far from a flock of shorebirds that nest by salt flats in the refuge.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
  • Sea ducks and shorebirds both saw a decrease.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In one, there were tracks that reminded him of a small shorebird, such as a plover.
    — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That culling, in turn, threatened the food supply for shorebirds.
    — Maddy Lauria, baltimoresun.com, 22 June 2019
  • Then came tens of thousands of waterfowl and shorebirds that feed on the brine flies.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Take a kayaking tour and get a glimpse of the shorebirds, raptors and turtles.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • But godwit researchers say these shorebirds have a right to the title.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Standing in their breeding plumage, the shorebirds are a sight to behold.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • On land, predators ranging from raccoons to rats to shorebirds dine on the snack-sized fish.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The travelers are not just shorebirds.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Some of the species include marine turtles, shorebirds and seabirds.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • It’s adorned with bright wildflowers, tiny scuttling crabs, and shorebirds.
    — Jordan Charbonneau, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
  • Then came masses of waterfowl and shorebirds that feed on the insects.
    — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • For shorebirds, high-tide islands where the birds can take refuge are being created in the marsh.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The shorebirds nest and feed along coastal sand and gravel beaches, blending in with their habitat.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But those deeper water depths don’t suit shorebirds as well as waterfowl species.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • So what’s a shorebird like a snipe doing at the toe of a glacier, where most of the ground is covered in 2 feet of snow?
    — Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
  • Be on the lookout for sea lions lolling on the rocks, as well as koalas, wallabies, and a host of shorebirds.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The sea turtles are nesting and so are shorebirds such as snowy plovers, Wilson’s plovers and least terns.
    — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Watch the nature show as gopher tortoises burrow in sand dunes and shorebirds wade in the surf.
    — Ana Pelayo Connery, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • And recent outbreaks of the avian flu have killed off millions of waterfowl and shorebirds.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • See nature in action as gopher tortoises burrow in the dunes and shorebirds wade in the surf.
    — Ana Pelayo Connery, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
  • First, the children learned about why shorebirds are important to Utqiaġvik.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • The shorebird, known for its striking orange bill, lays its eggs this time of year in the sand on Rockaway Beach.
    — CBS News, 12 July 2024
  • Hudsonian whimbrels, to be exact, shorebirds about the size of crows with long, thin, slightly curved beaks.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Also heading there now are multitudes of migrating shorebirds, seabirds and sea turtles to nest, feed and rest.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
  • Be sure to also keep an eye out for local wildlife, including nesting shorebirds and deer grazing near the water's edge.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
  • Some Australian beaches are home to the nesting grounds of a dainty little shorebird known as the hooded plover.
    — James Gaines, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The breach allowed water from the bay to dilute the salty brine, algae to form, pickleweed to grow, and fish and shorebirds to return.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Take for example the red knot, a shorebird that migrates from the tropics to the Arctic each spring to breed and feed on insects.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2017

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