Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Use "buntings" in a sentence
"Shrubs and trees native to the area have been planted to create woodland, and a big field has been sown with crops that provide the winter forage that attracts the seed eaters: tree sparrows, yellowhammers and reed buntings among them."
"They were at once confidently identified by my companions: chaffinches, reed buntings and yellowhammers but no tree sparrows, although between 15 and 25 are now resident in this wetland, brought back by the establishment of the Cary Marsh nature reserve."
"And it is exactly through a voyage to water, to find a final resting place for Tanya -- Miron's beloved, and very recently deceased younger wife -- that this unusual trio comes together in Silent Souls, completed by the photographer Aist who brings along his own Greek chorus of sorts in the form of two buntings."