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blue heron

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blue heron
n.
Any of several varieties of heron with blue or blue-gray plumage.


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Delving deeply into the details of birds ranging from the Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), the Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), and the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macoura), to the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), and forty-five others, Fifty Common Birds Of The Upper Midwest provides readers with a remarkable coverage of the birds routinely observed in the multistate area.
Blue Heron Cooperative Homes, Ottawa, will build 83 units of affordable housing units under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program.
In this simple account of the intriguing birth pilgrimage of one of earth's oldest creatures, spare prose and fine paintings emphasize the sequence of animal encounters that reduce the eggs and hatchlings to one lone survivor: raccoons immediately dig up and eat thirty-six of the eggs; then ghost crabs, a blue heron, a sand shark, and gulls fight over and feed on the emerging hatchlings.
 
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