yellowhammer
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yellowhammer
1. a European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail
2. US and Canadian an informal name for the
yellow-shafted flicker, an American woodpecker (see
flicker)
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The color yellow in nature is complex in beauty and as various in its modality as the fierce yellow tiger, emblem of power, is different from the
yellow bunting, emblem of grace, in the skies overhead.
And tens of thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets as the 211km route is decorated in red and
yellow bunting and displays - the colours of the Northumberland flag.
The event has already transformed parts of Teesside as the blue and
yellow bunting and painted bikes are out in force to line the route.
And people will be celebrating its roots by decorating the village in red and
yellow bunting and flags.
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