How to Use heron in a Sentence

heron

noun

• The heron would drop the snake and stab it again with its beak.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 26 May 2024
• The heron had caught the snake and was trying to eat it.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 26 May 2024
• Both sang at the same time, the herons with their squawks and the ducks with their mouse-like cries.
  — Emilie C. Harting, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• This species is the most likely small white heron to show up.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 11 July 2018
• As the boats approached, the heron spread its wings and lifted off.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• Each spring, up to 10 herons raise their chicks high in the branches of a tree near the old ranch lodge.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• A few weeks ago, I was made aware of a pair of green heron chicks that had lost their nest.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
• Startled, a heron flew up and was swallowed by the night.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
• There is a heron sitting on a balcony, a bird that is a sign of good luck.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
• Then, with my neck bent forwards like a heron, my eyes are fixed on a screen.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• Aquatic bird-watchers: look for the jabiru, tiger heron, and white ibis.
  — AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
• Spend a day cycling the Rowdy Bend route and keep your eyes peeled for huge herons.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024
• Horicon Marsh's Four Mile Island was once home to the state's largest colony of heron nests.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
• A large bronze statue of a great blue heron, which is owned by the city of St. Paul, has been stolen from its perch on the East Side.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2017
• This is very small heron that lives hidden in cattails and reeds.
  — Jacob Job, Scientific American, 16 July 2021
• A night heron was hunched like a little old man, waiting for scraps.
  — Robin Abcarian, latimes.com, 5 July 2017
• Egrets and herons pluck meals from the shoreline and fly by on their way to nesting islands.
  — Ben Abramson, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2017
• Dr. Beach noted the blue heron and other birds that mingle in the mangroves.
  — NOLA.com, 26 May 2017
• That harsh call, right there, was from another heron, a Green Heron.
  — Jacob Job, Scientific American, 16 July 2021
• The granite canopy is surmounted by a bronze heron, a bird that spends much of its life in the water.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
• The heron is dead in an instant, and two other lions rush into the frame.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 28 June 2018
• Paddling on the water is the best way to explore the springs and spy herons, turtles and other wildlife.
  — Tara Bradley Connell, Orlando Signature, 28 July 2017
• Before long the classroom had as many owls, herons, and other birds as kids.
  — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2016
• Maron expects the egrets and herons will be ready for release around mid-August.
  — Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
• At the top right is the head of the dry river bed — where the life-size heron statue is — and the bed curves down to the driveway on the left.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
• Among its meanders, islands and beaches, there are storks, herons, cormorants and kingfishers.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 May 2026
• On that day, the team responded to a call about the blue heron near a body of water in Stanley Park.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
• The wildlife is worth watching out for too, with regular sightings including seals, herons and egrets, and even basking sharks.
  — Will Barker, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026
• These residents have gathered every night for the past few weeks to scare away migratory egrets and herons that seem to like the suburbs.
  — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
• Wisconsin's side is more serene and wooded, home to a large lake, a heron rookery, and a wildlife trail.
  — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026