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n. (bird of passage English)
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Birds of Passage is the second album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto.
Birds of Passage is an ambient, minimalist experimental music solo project of the New Zealand poet and singer-songwriter Alicia Merz based in Waikato. Birds of Passage was formed in 2010 and is used as a monicker for the artist. Birds of Passage is signed to Denovali Records and went on tour throughout Europe, after the release of the debut album Without the World.
Immediately after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, she curated the release of a compilation called Tomorrow's Conversations with the participation of many other artists with proceeds donated to relief efforts for the earthquake victims.
Birds of Passage may refer to:
- Migrating bird species in their regular seasonal journey. See Bird migration.
- Birds of Passage (band), a musical project of New Zealand poet and singer-songwriter Alicia Merz
- Birds of Passage (album), an album by Norwegian band Bel Canto
Usage examples of "birds of passage".
Almost all the armed pilgrims that went to the Holy Land took for their arms either a cross, in honor of their mission, or birds of passage, in sign of the long voyage they were about to undertake, and which they hoped to accomplish on the wings of faith.
But the scholars are birds of passage, who live at school only in the summer.
Never before had I noted with such elation the glimmer of dawn on the distant islands, the coolness of caves sacred to nymphs and haunted by birds of passage, the low flight of quail at dusk.
If a war has not been finished in the summer they must learn to go through the winter, and not, like birds of passage, look out for roofs to shelter them the moment autumn comes.
The people were thicker than the birds of passage, more crowded than the salmon at running time.