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Some birds go with empty robins' nests for a change (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

songsters

'some birds' is the definition.
(songster is a kind of bird)

'go with empty robins' nests for a change' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'for a change' indicates an anagram.
'robins' with its centre removed is 'rs'.
'go'+'rs'+'nests'='gorsnests'
'gorsnests' with letters rearranged gives 'SONGSTERS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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