Townsend's solitaire

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Town·send's solitaire (toun

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A long-tailed, short-billed thrush (Myadestes townsendi) of western North America, living mostly in woody mountainous areas and noted for its clear, ringing song.

[After John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851), American ornithologist.]

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No references found			Forest dwelling birds such as Townsend's solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) and mountain chickadee (Parus gambeli) are replacing grassland obligate species such as sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) in larger stands. How the Scanlans got their range back by Ross, David A. / Endangered Species Update In a lean year, patches of woods bristling with mistletoes attracted three times as many major fruit-eating birds, such as Townsend's solitaires, than mistletoe-free patches did. Mistletoe, of all things, helps juniper trees. (Science News of the ... by Milius, S. / Science News			town manager town meeting town milk town plan town planner town planning Town talk Town-crier Towned townee towner Townes Townes Charles Hard Townhall townhall clock townhouse townie townish townland Townless townlet towns townscape Townsend Townsend Harris Townsend's solitaire Townsendia Townsendia Exscapa townsfolk Townshend township townsman townspeople Townsville townswoman Townward towny towpath towrope Towser Towson Towy tox- tox. toxaemia toxaemia of pregnancy toxalbumin toxaphene toxemia toxemia of pregnancy toxi-			Towns County, Georgia townscape townscape Townscape Heritage Initiative townscapes townscapes Townsend Townsend Act Townsend Act Townsend Acts Townsend Acts Townsend avalanche Townsend Building Services Townsend characteristic Townsend coefficient Townsend discharge Townsend family Townsend Free Will Baptist Church Townsend Harris Townsend Harris High School Townsend Independent Actuarial Research Alliance Townsend ionization Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Townsend Plan Townsend Residential Life Center Townsend Science and Engineering Townsend second ionization coefficient Townsend Thoresen Townsend's solitaire Townsend's Warbler Townsend, Francis E. Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend, Lynn Alfred Townsend, Mount Townsend, Robert Townsendia Townsendia Exscapa townsfolk townsfolk Townshed act Townshed act Townshend Townshend Townshend Act Townshend Act Townshend Acts Townshend Acts Townshend Revenue Act Townshend Revenue Act Townshend State Park Townshend, Charles Townshend, Charles Townshend, 2d Viscount Townshend, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount township township township township township township

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