How to Use spoonbill in a Sentence

spoonbill

noun
  • Some bird-watchers journeyed from out of state to see the spoonbill.
    — Kyle Davidson, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2021
  • Also, an African spoonbill chick builds a special bond with his keeper in this new episode.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • No duck may be less coveted by hunters than the northern shoveler, but none of us would pass on this spoonbill/wigeon hybrid.
    — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
  • This year, stormy weather could have pushed spoonbills like this one, believed to be a juvenile, away from their usual habitats.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Despite the progress spoonbills have made, their long-term outlook is not certain, biologists say.
    — Anders Gyllenhaal, sun-sentinel.com, 29 June 2019
  • The area is known for its 50 miles of sandy beaches and abundant wildlife, like egrets, roseate spoonbills, and dolphins in the gulf, Donlan said.
    — Liz Dennerlein, USA TODAY, 14 June 2017
  • No one knows for sure what happened, but birds do fly off course or get blown off-track by a storm, especially juveniles like Green Bay's spoonbill.
    — Jeff Bollier, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • After staying the night in Ann Arbor, the couple saw the spoonbill again early Tuesday morning.
    — Kyle Davidson, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2021
  • Meanwhile, traveling spoonbills would find their marshy grassland undisturbed — far from the center of town and sheltered from people and industry by a wide buffer of farmland.
    — Douglas McGray, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2007
  • Northern shovelers, called spoonbills by most Louisiana anglers, were the only other species to improve from last year's numbers.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • But for birders in Wisconsin, the spoonbill’s appearance is unprecedented.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The shorts come in either a five-inch or seven-inch inseam and are available in a dozen different colors and designs—ranging from plain black, gray, and beige to cheeky prints of spoonbills, alligators, and sliced melons.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Summer rains swelled the shallow inland sea, creating seasonal overflows that sustained the Everglades and its alligators, panthers, spoonbills and snail kites.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • As word circulated that spoonbills had taken up residence in Central Florida, birders, photographers and tourists started showing up.
    — Anders Gyllenhaal, sun-sentinel.com, 29 June 2019
  • While the Katy Prairie is home for a wide variety of summertime birds like spoonbills and wood storks, Gonzalez said the place also is a major stop on the migratory route for ducks and geese coming from the north during the winter.
    — Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Not knowing there were spoonbill in the lake, Delgado decided to do some Google searching and stumbled upon a decades-old story from the Independence Examiner.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 13 June 2018
  • Beneath a canopy of mangroves and palm trees, spot gentle West Indian manatees hovering below the surface, roseate spoonbills feeding near the water’s edge and the occasional bald eagle circling above in search of marsh rabbits.
    — Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
  • Privacy - Terms The large pink wader’s appearance also highlights the beginning of the annual post-breeding dispersal of southern herons, egrets, spoonbills, and storks north into the piedmont of the Carolinas.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 30 May 2018

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