They have tested the idea that cuckoos mimic hawks—or, at least, that warblers think cuckoos look hawklike.

它们已经证实了杜鹃会模仿鹰——或者说，至少在莺看来，杜鹃非常像鹰。

He was a warbler and flying very low over the water.

那是只鸣禽，在水面上飞得很低。

Probably, Dr Davies and Dr Welbergen have caught cuckoo and warbler in the middle of an evolutionary arms race.

也许戴维和韦伯尔根已经注意到了杜鹃和莺正处于一个进化的军备竞赛中。

Cuckoos would have good reason to do so, since the warblers and other small birds in whose nests they lay their eggs are understandably frightened of hawks, and give them a wide berth.

杜鹃有很好的理由去模仿鹰，由于莺和其它的小型鸟类在它们的巢中产卵，自然这些小型鸟类就很害怕鹰，并且对鹰敬而远之。

For example, summertime garden warblers were believed to transform into black caps every winter.

如，一般相信，夏季的园林莺每年冬季时会转变成黑头莺。

One of these is the Colima warbler.

其中一种是科利马莺。

The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler, bullfinch and swallow.

相同的情况也适用于个别物种，如园林莺、红腹灰雀、燕子。

Red-winged blackbirds, which sometimes nest near warblers, do not produce referential alarm calls.

红翅黑鹂有时在黄莺附近筑巢，它们没有指未警报叫声。

That's a bird called the hermit warbler. It breeds along the U.S. West Coast.

这种鸟名为隐莺。它在美国西海岸繁殖。

We see thousands of birds, warblers, circling the towers of light.

我们看到成千上万的莺鸟在光塔上盘旋。

They invaded my territory like a bunch of bay-breasted warblers.

他们像一群栗胸森莺一样侵入了我的领土。

Ninety-seven percent of all birds killed are songbirds, especially warblers.

百分之九十七的遇害鸟类属于鸣禽，其中莺科鸟数量尤其多。

" I'll say 'nightingales' then, with Laurie. That's proper and appropriate, since he's a warbler."

“那么我就说‘夜莺’吧，还有劳里；这样说是得当的，因为他是一个歌手。”

The frantic mating song of the yellow-throated warbler.

黄喉林莺疯狂求偶的鸣叫声。

BirdCast then provides detailed forecasts everything from a scattering of green herend passing through Virginia to a chance of yellow warblers in Colorado.

然后，BirdCast 提供详细的预测，从弗吉尼亚州的绿尾莺的散布到科罗拉多州黄莺的可能性。

The warbler's thin, pointed beak is used for eating insects, which is why you probably won't see him at a birdfeeder.

而普通的鸣鸟的喙很瘦小，显示它们是吃虫子的，这就是为什么你不太可能在喂食器旁边看到它。

Perhaps nothing speaks more vividly for the strangeness of the times than the fate of the lovely little Bachman's warbler.

也许再没有可爱的小黑胸虫森莺的命运更能形象地说明这个时代是难以理喻的了。

According to Lederer, this leaves just one possibility: the warbler took a boat.

根据莱德尔的说法，这只留下了一种可能性：这只莺乘了船。

The yellow warbler may sometimes be mistaken for a goldfinch.

这只黄色的小鸟或许被你错认为金丝雀了。

He sat there, deeper in nature, hoping to catch a glimpse of waves of warblers again.

他坐在那里，更深层地融入大自然，希望再次看到一波波的林莺。