How to Use ornithology in a Sentence

ornithology

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  • But ornithology had anyhow enlightened her: George was a bird in the bush, and the bush was on the nether side of the globe.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
  • Audubon is still lauded for his contributions to the fields of ornithology and art.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American, 17 May 2013
  • To make sure his pessimistic message is right up front, a third of Brunner’s 19 chapters focus on famous liars in ornithology.
    — Richard O. Prum, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The bird carcasses will be sent off to the federal forensic ornithology lab in Ashland, Oregon, to determine the cause of death.
    — National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2016
  • Text and drawing together take us to the dawn of ornithology—that is to say, to the first efforts to collect objective information about birds.
    — Simon Barnes, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Prince Philip, a lifelong ornithology enthusiast, has been patron of BTO for more than 30 years.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Three judges from the fields of art, ornithology and wildlife conservation will select the winning waterfowl art the following day at 1 p.m.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Nearby, but out of sight, is the south end of Cayuga Lake, and the gorges through which Fall Creek runs, and the university’s rolling golf course, equestrian research facility, and lab of ornithology.
    — Sorayya Khan, Longreads, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The ornithology lab said that artificial light in such buildings distracts and disorients the birds.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Richard Feynman is often quoted as saying that the philosophy of science is of much use to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
    — Philip Ball, WIRED, 2 June 2018
  • The habitat is home to 40 birds from 17 species in total, all native to the Americas, according to David Rimlinger, curator of ornithology.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2021
  • So begins our story and Mandrick’s lifelong love of ornithology.
    — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Rick Prum, a professor of ornithology and evolutionary biology at Yale and a senior author of the study, observes in a Yale press release.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Lauren Pharr, a North Carolina State ornithology graduate student, was one of them.
    — Kristi Odom, National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Between the early days of the artist-woodsman ornithologists and the death of Brasher a century and a half later, the science of ornithology spun off a vital and flourishing adjunct: birdwatching.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Find more information here, http://eaglecreekpark.org/ornithology-center/.
    — Michelle Pemberton, Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The science is basic ornithology: study the bird’s behavior, understand its habitat, and pattern its movements.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Hummingbird Books founder Wendy Dodson, who studied ornithology at Cornell, named the store after her favorite bird and said there will be an extensive nature and science section.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
  • She's now been admitted to several PhD programs in ornithology, which was the focus of her Earthwatch expedition.
    — Ken Budd, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2021
  • Investigators are working the scene and are sending the bird carcasses to the federal forensic ornithology lab in Ashland, Oregon, to determine cause of death.
    — National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2016
  • Investigators are working the scene and are sending the bird carcasses to the federal forensic ornithology lab in Ashland, Oregon, to determine cause of death.
    — National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2016
  • His fiancée followed him in a South Pacific steamer in 1950 and was hired at the museum, too, eventually running the ornithology department.
    — New York Times, 18 June 2021
  • Though fledgling bird-watchers, Nick and Ellie are among the youngsters involved in birding in Harford County, where several grade schools pique their interest with engaging programs in ornithology, even if some kids can’t yet spell the word.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But the data gathered from their farm and the animals that survived may prove critical and will be combined with other data being gathered by the ornithology institute, which tracks many hundreds of animals.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 17 June 2017
  • See collection of beautiful ornithology books and colorful bird field guides.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Perhaps the ornithology community and other proponents of renaming should put a modicum of effort into wrestling with the eradication of slavery that still exists here and throughout the world.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Strong, an ornithology and wildlife professor at the University of Vermont, is working to reverse that decline, along with Mass Audubon and hundreds of donors who want to repopulate the region’s dwindling grasslands with the effervescent bird.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • Before this discovery, the black-browed babbler was considered the biggest enigma in Indonesian ornithology.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But here are five profiles from The Conversation’s archive that highlight the brilliance, grit and unique perspectives of five women who worked in geosciences, math, ornithology, pharmacology and physics during the 20th century.
    — Maggie Villiger, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Krieger was not only a treasured pediatrician, but also earned his master's degree in ornithology.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022

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