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unusual facts about Blackbird



Brewer's Blackbird

They resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the Rusty Blackbird; however, the Brewer's Blackbird has a shorter bill and the male's head is iridescent purple.

The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird, named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.

Colombian Party Cartel

It was recorded at the Blackbird Studio D in Nashville by Latin Grammy winner David Hall (Ricardo Arjona, Quincy Jones, Kenny Chesney) and was mixed by engineer Dave Clauss (Shakira, Justin Bieber, U2, Quincy Jones) in NYC.

Eleven Seven Music

Marion Raven - active, with her own record label Blackbird Music

Fighting with Wire

FWW recorded their second album under the working title of "Bones Of The Twilight" at Dark Horse Studios and Blackbird Studios in Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz.

Gulbenkian Park

Of the two lakes built in the garden, the larger lake, located in the centre of the park, is the habitat for water birds such as Mallard, Moorhen, Ring-necked Parakeet, White Wagtail, Wren, Blackbird, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Serin, and Greenfinch.

Jack Beckman

His dragster, known as "The Blackbird" was built by California Chassis Engineering and was the same dragster Beckman drove to a Lucas Oil World Championship in the Super Comp class in 2003.

Jasper Goes Hunting

The titular character was a playful pickaninny, his mother a protective mammy, Professor Scarecrow being a black scam artist, and the Blackbird serving as his fast-talking partner-in-crime.

Jodhi May

In August 2005, May appeared in Blackbird by David Harrower alongside Roger Allam at the Edinburgh Festival in a production by German star director Peter Stein.

Lars Widenfalk

One of his major works are the black violin, Blackbird, made from stone after drawings by Antonio Stradivari (Stradivarius), but with some technical adjustments in order to play.

Lew Leslie

For Blackbirds of 1928 they wrote ‘Baby!’, ‘Dixie’ and ‘Here Comes My Blackbird’, and while these had little life outside the show the same cannot be said for others that became popular: ‘Diga Diga Doo’, ‘Doin’ The New Low-Down’, ‘I Must Have That Man’ and what became a perennial favourite, I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby.

Lord Howe Thrush

The Lord Howe Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus), also known as Vinous-tinted Thrush or Vinous-tinted blackbird, is an extinct subspecies of the Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus).

Mark London Williams

:*"Zoo" art by John LeCour (Omnibus: Modern Perversity, Blackbird Comics 1991)

Merlon

An alternative etymology suggests that the medieval Latin merulus (mentioned from the end of the 10th century) functioned as a diminutive of Latin merle, expressing an image of blackbirds sitting on a wall.

Nissan S30

Wangan Midnight character Akio Asakura used to drive a red Nissan 300ZX (Z31) until he was defeated by Tatsuya Shima's Blackbird.

Ozleworth

meaning either "enclosure of a man named Ōsla" or "enclosure frequented by blackbirds".

Rogue Machine Theatre

Season Four (2011) featured Small Engine Repair by John Pollono, Blackbird by David Harrower, The Word Begins by Sekou Andrews and Steve Connell, Vivien by Rick Foster and Monkey Adored by Henry Murray (playwright).

Ruf CTR

In the Wangan Midnight series, a character named Tatsuya Shima drives a black Ruf CTR Yellowbird, thus known as the Blackbird.

Susort

The word is an old version of the word "Svarttrost" which means blackbird.

The Blackbird

Seeing how the plan backfired, The Blackbird turns Bertie in to a Scotland Yard inspector.

He lives above a cheap bar in the Limehouse district, where his alter ego The Bishop is beloved among all guests, unlike The Blackbird himself.

The Singing Estate

In subsequent programmes they learned new pieces including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana; visited Italy, where they sang O Sole Mio with Italian tenor Franco Malapena; held a marquee concert in Blackbird Leys (singing Handel's Hallelujah chorus); travelled to Liverpool, where they rehearsed with a full orchestra for the first time and finally went to London for the big performance.


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