Examples of great blue heron in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Almost as if on cue, a great blue heron glided past the group noiselessly, creating barely a ripple in the mirror-like waters. — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 And, with recent dam-removal projects, the river now booms with great blue heron, steelhead trout, and northern pike. — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022 Groves began checking out animals a few years ago, with the hope that a great blue heron or a tiny axis deer fawn would bring out something in her students that a bowl of fruit could not. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022 Crows, doves, starlings and a great blue heron took over their perches in the dead trees all summer long. — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Aug. 2021 Williams did find some water at the sanctuary’s south end, and with it white pelicans, white-faced ibis, glossy ibis, great blue heron, Franklin’s gulls and California seagulls (Utah’s state bird) on a mud bar. — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021 The Nestucca River was quiet except for a great blue heron that unfurled its massive wings and flapped away disgruntled every time our kayaks approached. — Johannes Lichtman, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2021 Tiny white flowers sprout from miner’s lettuce and larger white flowers from wild cucumber on the bank opposite the river; a great blue heron and a few egrets linger at the water’s edge. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021 Friends took Maxwell to visit the great blue heron rookery on the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis. — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021 See More

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“Great blue heron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20blue%20heron. Accessed 4 Jul. 2022.

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