| 100% | SYCAMORE | 8 | Birds singing in the __ tree; dream a little dream |
| 53% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in the Christmas carol |
| 53% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in the famous Christmas song |
| 51% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree, as per the carol |
| 47% | WADE | 4 | Go in the water just a little way |
| 47% | NEST | 4 | Bird's home in the trees |
| 47% | EMU | 3 | Bird hidden in the name of a bone in the leg |
| 46% | YODEL | 5 | Sing like the person in a Ricola commercial |
| 46% | SWAN | 4 | Bird in the title of a famous ballet |
| 46% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 46% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 46% | LOON | 4 | Bird known in the U.K. as a diver |
| 45% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who had a cameo as Aunt June in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CANOPY | 6 | The tree tops in a rainforest |
| 44% | KINGSMENTION | 12 | Passing reference in the "I Have a Dream" speech? |
| 44% | PEEP | 4 | Marshmallow treat in the shape of a baby bird |
| 44% | SWAY | 4 | Move in the breeze, as a tree |
| 44% | WREN | 4 | Bird that sometimes sings in a duet |
| 44% | LARK | 4 | Bird in the expression "happy as a ___" |
| 44% | PINIONS | 7 | The wings of a bird, in poetry |
| 44% | REDWOOD | 7 | Tallest tree in the world and a US National Park |
| 44% | JAY | 3 | Blue bird in the name of a pro baseball team |
| 44% | LOON | 4 | Bird called a "diver" in the U.K. |
| 44% | INTHEBUSH | 9 | A bird in the hand is worth two __ |
| 43% | FOREST | 6 | "If a tree falls in the __..." |
| 43% | EMU | 3 | Flightless Outback bird that was the target in a "Great War" |
| 43% | THEBUSH | 7 | A bird in the hand is worth two in __ |
| 43% | TWOIN | 5 | A bird in the hand is worth __ the bush |
| 43% | INTHEBUSH | 9 | A bird in the hand is worth two here |