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- noun Plural form of
heron .
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Examples
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Anytime you can be within the vicinity of herons is good.
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Anytime you can be within the vicinity of herons is good.
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For many nights the three voyageurs camped, slept, and dreamed, with only the laughing loons, the calling herons, the plaintive owls, and distant fox bark to sweep across their slumbers.
The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson 1887
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Further south, near downtown, the river regains its soft bottom, flowing for eight miles past islands of trees, plants and birds such as herons, egrets and mallards.
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Fish-eating birds and mammals, such as herons or otters, cannot live where there are no fish.
Hypoxia fact sheet 2009
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It provides sites for the temporary stay of migratory birds, many of which are water birds such as herons, ducks, and ibis.
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Many aquatic birds are here, such as herons and egrets (Egretta, Ardea), ducks (Dendrocygna), ibis (Cercibis, Theristicus), and the rosette spoonbill (Ajaia ajaia).
Monte Alegre varzea 2008
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There are many aquatic birds such as herons Egretta, Ardea and Bulbulcus species, sharptailed and buffnecked ibis Cercibis oxycerca and Theristicus caudatus, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaia and ducks Dendrocygna spp.
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I miss the gorgeous water birds such as herons, both blue and white which one saw everywhere by the canals.
The Aroma of New Orleans, Louisiana Ayala Sender 2007
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I miss the gorgeous water birds such as herons, both blue and white which one saw everywhere by the canals.
Archive 2007-08-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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