Possible Clues:

• Bird like blackbird
• Bird in 'ome overlooking lake
• 22 down by river and lake
• Bird or louse?
• No use liberating captured bird
• Singer in musical needing no car
• Without employment, there's nothing left for bird
• Singer in musical with car not starting
• 'The -- is larger than a blackbird, and feeds on haws' (Gilbert White, Natural History of Selborne)
• Black European thrush