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
Above them the green heron perches on an overhanging branch, uncouth but alert, whether sentinel or scout, flapping his awkward way along the ambient bends and reaches.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
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