fl-ee-ce

Updated: May 15, 2025

After them came the myriad small birds of the prairie, the countless flocks of blackbirds, whose "fl-ee-ce," in continuous chorus filled all the daylight hours; the meadow-larks, singly or in pairs, announcing their arrival with a guttural "tuerk" and a saucy flit of the tail, or admonishing "fill your tea-kettle, fill your tea-kettle" with a persistence worthy a better cause.

Will Lillibridge - Ben Blair: The Story of a Plainsman