blue heron

noun

1. any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.

Example Sentences

Along the way, the young Chinook must make it through 140 miles of warm, slow-moving waters, which takes more energy and extends the time they are vulnerable to predators like smallmouth bass and great blue herons.

From Time

The fall colors are another distraction, as are sightings of the occasional Peregrine falcon, wood stork, and great blue heron.

From Outside Online

Perry, an ornithologist, spotted a great blue heron and delighted in a pileated woodpecker as it took flight.

From Washington Post

Short of a luge run, Blue Heron Farm has the facilities to provide for any recreational whim.

From The Daily Beast

He laughed softly; and just then the blue heron came back to the Perdu.

From Project Gutenberg

For one thing, they would make mighty fine eating for the family of that self-satisfied old blue heron.

From Project Gutenberg

All the way up the creek I had been hearing the throaty ghouw-bhouw of a great blue heron off in the swamp.

From Project Gutenberg

The blue heron rose heavily from the backwater, and winged his slow flight high above the trees.

From Project Gutenberg

And now it happened that the great blue heron came more frequently to visit the Perdu.

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