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Bird disturbed in the pines (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snipe

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'bird' is the definition.
(snipe is a kind of bird)

'disturbed in the pines' is the wordplay.
'pines' can be anagrammed to 'SNIPE'.
However, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for snipe that I've seen before include "river bird" , "Criticise" , "Fire from cover; bird" , "The bird to shoot from cover" , "Wading bird; shoot from concealment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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