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	Blackbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.
		The Blackbird is not related to the North American flbirds, such as Red-winged Blackbird or Brewer's Blackbird, which are Icterids, family Icteridae.
		Blackbird is also the name of a song by The Beatles which features a recording of a flbird singing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackbird (330 words)

	Blackbird - Turdus merula: More Information - ARKive
		Adult male flbirds are, as the name suggests, totally fl; they have a bright golden-yellow bill and a neat yellow ring around the eye during spring and summer (2).
		The flbird is very widespread throughout most of Britain, with the exception of the Scottish Highlands (4).
		The flbird is distributed from Iberia throughout temperate Europe, to Russia, and through Turkey, northern Iran, and the Himalayas, reaching into China (3).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Turdus_merula/more_info.html (474 words)

	* Blackbird - (Bird): Definition
		Blackbirds and their nests are fully protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it an offence to intentionally kill, injure or take any wild bird...
		The Rusty Blackbird is only a migrant in the state, as it summers throughout Canada and winters primarily in the Southeastern United States...
		Although âflbirdâ is often used as a generic term for any bird that is dark in color (i.e., everything from grackles to starlings),...
	en.mimi.hu /bird/blackbird.html (832 words)

	Turdus merula - Blackbird
		The flbird is very well known, and its startled cry is one of the most easily identified of bird sounds.
		Blackbird habitat includes farmland, woodland, heath and urban areas, and they are a frequent visitor to gardens even in big cities.
		These resident birds are members of the thrush family and one of the most melodious of songsters.
	www.first-nature.com /birds/turdus_merula.htm (82 words)

	Blackbird - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Blackbirds are omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, worms and berries.
		In Australia and New Zealand at least, along with the Black Rat, the Rabbit and the domestic cat, it is one of the most seriously destructive pest species, as the Red Fox is in Australia.
		The Blackbird is not related to the North American Red-winged Blackbird, which is an Icterid, family Icteridae.
	www.free-definition.com /Blackbird.html (259 words)

	Bird Feature - Paradise Expeditions, Belize, Central America
		Blackbirds are unusual in having a particular behavior that enables them to exploit a wider variety of habitats and prey on species in a way that others cannot.
		However, with the Melodious Blackbird, the male feeds the female while she incubates the eggs, and in some situations he helps build the nest.
		Blackbirds build their nests in various areas and situations, always looking similar in structure and using similar materials.
	www.birdinginbelize.com /bird_feature.shtml (683 words)

	blackbird defenition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow flbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged flbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
		The Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a European member of the thrush (bird) thrush family Turdidae.
		Blackbird (song) Blackbird is also the name of a song by The Beatles which features a recording of a flbird singing.
	www.dictionarywords.com /blackbird-defenition.html (389 words)

	Icterid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful passerine birds restricted to the New World.
		They include the grackles, New World flbirds, and New World orioles.
		Despite the similar names, the latter groups are not related to the Old World Common Blackbird, which is a thrush (Turdidae), or the Old World orioles (Oriolidae).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Icterid (119 words)

	Art of the States: Notturno
		eighth flbird is a chamber ensemble of young musicians who perform contemporary music primarily from the United States.
		In 1998, eighth flbird was the first contemporary ensemble ever to win First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition; it was recently honored as the winner of the 2000 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Award.
		The members of eighth flbird founded the ensemble at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and hold an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Ohio.
	www.artofthestates.org /cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=74 (749 words)

	column2003_06.htm
		It was an idyllic scene, the pond ringed with cattails and almost waist high still-green meadow grass from the late rains this past year, and the melodious singing of the red-winged flbirds.
		Abby occasionally turned her head from side to side, obviously curious about this hitchhiker who had now climbed onto her neck to be completely out of the water.
		Remember that young red-winged flbird riding on our dog’s neck, and feel yourself trust that you, too, will be carried to safety by a large invisible dog-spelled-backwards.
	www.sharedheart.org /pages/column2003_06.htm (567 words)

	BBC - Made in Bristol - Listen to the birds
		It is clear close too, but does not carry as well as that of other birds such as the flbird and song thrush.
		For many, the flbird's melodious song is unsurpassed and always accompanies the optimism of lengthening days, light evenings and warmer weather.
		Blackcaps are also capable of mimicry, weaving flbird and thrush songs into their own.
	bbc.co.uk /bristol/content/madeinbristol/2004/05/birds/birdsong2.shtml (593 words)

	gulfnews.com: 'As a work of art it is unique'
		Named after one of the sweetest songbirds in the world, the Blackbird is a rare musical instrument with a deep soulful sound.
		The sculptor is in Dubai to participate in the EMAAR Art Symposium and has brought the Blackbird in the hope it will be played at the symposium’s opening ceremony.
		"And since the flbird’s bill is yellow, it seemed perfect to make the bridge from the yellowiest ivory that could be found, which is mammoth ivory,” explains Widenfalk.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/FeaturesNF.asp?ArticleID=150072 (887 words)

	Birds: The Missel Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Missel Thrush, so called from its fondness for the mistletoe, is larger than the common or song thrush, less melodious and not so common in England, but well known upon the continent of Europe.
		The Welsh call it "pen y llwyn," the head or master of the coppice.
		He suffers no magpie, jay, or flbird, to enter the garden where he haunts; and is, for the time, a good guard to the new-sown legumens.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles03/birds2.shtml (152 words)

	Blackbird information, Blackbird picture
		USGS data sheet on Brewer's Blackbird, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		USGS data sheet on Rusty Blackbird, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		USGS data sheet on Tricolored Blackbird, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/Blackbird-information.htm (260 words)

	BirdForum - Two Mexican IDs - Help needed
		Also, the Melodious Blackbird fits Arts description well for color / similarity to Brewer's but the call makes me think Black Catbird.
		I could probably differentiate the two with a real good pic, but it is virtually impossible with just a description as they are so similiar.
		If you actually saw the bird calling you can also use his posture as part of the ID. The Melodious Blackbird typically sits in a very upright position and seems to rise up and down as it calls.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=13875 (797 words)

	Blackbird sounds, Blackbird audio, Blackbird poster
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		Blackbird song - several strophes typical of a woodland flbird
		Blackbird song - 2 strophes from a suburban virtuoso
	www.junglewalk.com /sound/Blackbird-sounds.htm (198 words)

	Kultasointu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A Common Chaffinch singing its melodious, upbeat song on the edge of a garden.
		A Pied Wagtail singing its cheery melodious phrases on a riverbank in autumn.
		The delightfully melodious song of a Blue Tit perched by its nesting box.
	www.kolumbus.fi /kultasointu/lsoi4e.htm (1127 words)

	birdwatching trip report - North-eastern Mexico - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		We arrived at the Hacienda Cola de Caballo at 4:00 p.m.
		The most unusual bird we saw was a Golden-cheeked Warbler foraging with a mixed flock in the trees by the Cascada El Meco pullout, below El Salto falls.
		Melodious Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Bronzed Cowbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Hooded Oriole, Audubon's Oriole, Altamira Oriole, Yellow-billed Cacique, House Sparrow.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/mexico-oc-1202.html (995 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives - August 2000, week 4
		Melodious Blackbird distribution in Costa Rica (7 messages)
		Melodious Blackbird distribution in Costa Rica (25 lines)
		Re: Melodious Blackbird distribution in Costa Rica (18 lines)
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0008d&L=birdchat (671 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Broceliande - Bwlch Y Saethu
		Each bagpipe consists of five pipes: the intake pipe, through which the player's breath enters the bag; the pipe on which the performer plays the melody; and three drone pipes, to provide a bass background.
		The flbird has ever been one of Britain's most melodious songsters and this is doubtless why the Birds of Rhiannon are said to be three flbirds: they sing on the branch of the everlasting otherworldly tree which grows in the centre of the earthly paradise.
		The flbird is also responsible for the finding of Mabon.
	celt.net /Celtic/celtopedia/b.html (19252 words)

	Birds: Icteridae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nesopsar Sclater, P. Nesopsar nigerrimus (Osburn, 1859) - Jamaican Blackbird
		Curaeus Sclater, P. Curaeus curaeus (Molina, 1782) - Austral Blackbird
		Agelaius assimilis Lembeye, 1850 - Red-shouldered / Cuban Red-winged Blackbird
	www.phthiraptera.org /Birds/Passeriformes/Icteridae.html (188 words)

	Ecology of the Brown Jay: Its Nesting and Interactions with Other Species
		He observed six Brown Jays, two Melodious Blackbirds (Dives dives) and one Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorynchus flavigaster) following a small army ant swarm for more than 2 hours as it moved slowly through the forest.
		During this time, the Brown Jays, flbirds and woodcreeper fed on various arthropods and other small animals that fled cover to escape the advancing ants.
		In Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the average height at which Brown Jays forage in trees decreases as the morning progresses and the sun rises higher in the sky (Morrison and Slack 1977).
	www.ecology.info /brown-jay.htm (3389 words)

	Elderly Instruments Books
		Moves from basic chord theory and pattern picking to putting the melody in the bass, alternating bass, modes, "drop D" tuning, more.
		Covers all of the basics for getting started, including: tuning and strings, reading chord diagrams, notation and tablature, blues, triplets, slurs, slides, melody playing on the 1st and 2nd strings, two and three-part harmony, movable chords, and rolls.
		Each arrangement includes melody, lyrics, and chord frames on one line, and a complete, easy-to-play solo guitar arrangement in note/tab on the second line.
	www.elderly.com /books/cat140.htm (6231 words)

	Blackbird - Turdus merula - ARKive
		Adult male flbirds are, as the name suggests, totally fl; they have a bright golden-yellow bill and a neat yellow ring around the eye during spring and summer.
		Juveniles resemble females, but they have pale spots on the upperparts.
		A range of vocalisations is produced, including a loud 'pli-pli-pli' alarm call, and the fluty, melodious song.
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Turdus_merula (114 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - North-east and central Mexico - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The power line post just outside of Gomez Farias that usually has a Bat Falcon perched was vacant.
		Most visible were the flocks of Green and Aztec Parakeets screeching overhead.
		Birds seen on the grounds of the hotel included Boat-billed Heron, Muscovy, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Red-billed Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Elegant Trogon, Squirrel Cuckoo, Mourning Warbler, Melodious Blackbird, Brown Jay, Green Jay, Altamira Oriole, Hooded Oriole, Rose-throated Becard, Clay-colored Robin, Red-lored Parrot, Blue-crowned Motmot, Social Flycatcher, Blue Bunting.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/mexico-oc-0903.html (1508 words)

	Life of El Cielo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the road up to Gomez, we found a BAT FALCON at its usual post on the double power pole about half way up the mountain.
		In the town of Gomez, MELODIOUS BLACKBIRDS were abundant and highly vocal, and ALTAMIRA ORIOLES flitted from one tree to another.
		RED-BILLED PIGEONS could be seen occasionally, and a WEDGE-TAILED SABREWING had staked out a red-flowered shrub near our lodging, and was often heard making a loud clicking chatter.
	seven-bulls-boy.tripod.com /id81.htm (2418 words)

	Mexico Birding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This was the most southerly spot where I observed Cassin's Kingbird, Brewer's Blackbird, and Red-winged Blackbird.
		In 2005, vast fields were carpeted pink and yellow from the displays of owl's clover and goldfields, but much of the unique shrublands along the immediate roadside have been converted to farmland.
		I noted small numbers of Yellow-headed Blackbirds feeding with Red-wings in the fields near Ejido Jaramillo near km 146.
	birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/MEXB.html (14207 words)

	Omaha Sunday World-Herald \| Flicker Most Melodious and Exquisitely Marked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Omaha Sunday World-Herald 57(26=29): 3-W. Flicker Most Melodious and Exquisitely Marked
		The long loud concatenated call of the "flicker among the oaks" to the immortal Thoreau was the most melodious of all April sounds.
		And to countless other lovers of the woods and fields this sonorous call of the yellowhammer has always been one of the most beloved and welcome pursuivants of the coming of the spring.
	libr.unl.edu:2000 /birds_of_nebraska/DJ.00314.html (921 words)

	Your Heading Goes Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1970, he became Associate Professor of Music at Carleton University in Ottawa, a position he held until his death.
		Fleming's compositions are typically lyrical and melodious, reflecting his sincere interest in communicating directly with the listener.
		Strong rhythmic elements and witty inventiveness are also characteristic throughout his many and varied works, which range from orchestral and band pieces, ballets, film scores, to instrumental works, compositions for piano and organ, as well as about one hundred songs.
	www.smfa.ca /SyllabusOE.htm (3824 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		White-tailed Kite, Red-billed Pigeon, Blue-and-white Swallow, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Hoffmann’s Woodpecker, Plain Wren, Tennessee and Yellow Warblers, Baltimore Oriole, Melodious Blackbird, Blue-gray Tanager, White-eared Ground-sparrow, and a pair of the extremely local Prevost’s Ground-sparrows provided an excellent welcome to Costa Rica.
		At a nearby dam en route to the Pacific lowlands we found Anhinga, Least Grebe and Blue-winged Teal.
		This unique dry habitat, called Guanacaste, is home to many specialities not possible elsewhere on the tour.
	www.birdfinders.co.uk /text-only/CostaRica2004.txt (3193 words)

	The Wreck of the Golden Mary by Charles Dickens
		cheerily as a flbird, and a perfect sailor.
		Atherfield, in getting Little Lucy to sleep, sang her a song.
		had a soft, melodious voice, and, when she had finished it, our
	emotional-literacy-education.com /classic-books-online-a/wrkgm10.htm (11054 words)

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