River bird, one often taking to the air? (6)

I believe the answer is:

deejay

'one often taking to the air?' is the definition.

'river bird' is the wordplay.
'river' becomes 'dee' (River Dee).
'bird' becomes 'jay' (jay is a kind of bird**).
'dee'+'jay'='DEEJAY'

(Other definitions for deejay that I've seen before include "Radio disc man" , "Record spinner" , "Person who spins discs" , "Record-spinner" , "Record presenter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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