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great blue heron
noun
- a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of great blue heron1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Nearby, a great blue heron stood motionless in shallow water.
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You might also see a green or great blue heron, or a black-crowned night heron.
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Yet another reader described a “magical†spot at Stinson Beach in Marin County, where birders could watch scores of snowy egrets and great blue herons nest.
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On the worst days, a great blue heron lands in the backyard, and I become entirely unhinged.
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These include heron tracks, each about the same size as a modern great blue heron, or around 4 inches long and wide.
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