blue heron
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Just then a great blue heron flew overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Nearby, a great blue heron stood motionless in shallow water.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
On the worst days, a great blue heron lands in the backyard, and I become entirely unhinged.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023
And the birds: great blue heron, green heron, tri-colored heron, great egret, cattle egret, snowy egret, red shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, Coopers hawk.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023
A blue heron panned for small fish and a sail blazed against the shimmering green of the marsh.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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