green heron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of green heron
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Keep your head on a swivel for a flash of color, and you just might see a yellow-billed cuckoo, green heron or red-headed woodpecker.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
Enthusiasts from all over the UK came to see a green heron - a native of Costa Rica and an exceptionally rare visitor to the UK - that had landed in his garden.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021
They can hardly keep up with the variety: caracara, cattle egret, roseate spoonbill, green heron, hummingbirds … Together with Smith Oaks, “it would be our most amazing day of birding ever.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2018
Raccoons and green heron and a host of other animals did what they do.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2012
To me, who had hitherto seen the green heron in the wildest of places, this tameness was an astonishing sight.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
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