blue heron
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"A black face is very rare but there is a heron from North America that is very similar, the little blue heron, but they have different qualities if you look closely."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Just then a great blue heron flew overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
A great blue heron balanced on a dock and watched me; a cormorant eyed me curiously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Another of the rare pictures that specifies a location is a dramatically silhouetted painting of the Potomac River near Key Bridge, where black rocks and blue water conceal a great blue heron.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
In them are eight blue heron nests—a rookery.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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