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great blue heron

NOUN
  1. large American heron having bluish-grey plumage

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  • Every spring, about 100 pairs nest here along with great blue herons and snowy egrets.
  • The croak of the great blue heron sounded again; then far away, mysterious and spirit-like, floated a soft _qua, qua, qua_ -- the cry of the least bittern out of the heart of the swamp. Roof and Meadow
  • It is expansive, easy to look out over and often adorned with one or two stately great blue herons.
  • The creek also is home to ospreys and great blue herons.
  • The he-men at the Wildlife Service even shot 29 great blue herons, 820 cattle egrets and 115 white-faced ibises in 2009. Martha Rosenberg: Who Would Kill Blackbirds Intentionally?
  • Its skies were often darkened by blizzards of snow geese and immense flocks of great blue herons, swans, diving ducks, terns, pintails, mallards, Canada geese, osprey, bald eagles and more.
  • Start early and you may surprise little green or great blue herons prowling the shallows.
  • While I was caretaking an estate with a swamp area in the back, I got to save a Great Blue Heron's life.
  • The prairie sloughs are drying up this year but still a great blue heron rises, dips across the road and veers toward storm clouds massing in the west - the sound of one small engine, tires on pavement, turning wheels.
  • The park is known for its rich bird life, so focus on large wading birds, such as the roseate spoonbill, woodstork, great blue heron and a variety of egrets.
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