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Built of large interwoven twigs, it appears both shallower and tidier than tree nests, and I have no idea if this is characteristic of a heron's cliff nest for, surprisingly, it is the first I have ever seen.
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Vistas, rag-rugged edges, much our crown as a heron's
Another View Of A Grand One WhinZa KingSlée 2011
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The bedraggled throat feathers are caught by the passing breeze, and the yellow eyes glare in an intensification of the heron's usual faintly manic look.
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The heron's yellow eyes glare revealing a faintly manic look.
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One heron (dunno if green or not), one little critter, already pounced upon, in the heron's beak, head first.
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Little critter arms out, hands around the heron's neck choking the life out of the bird.
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Called a "kalgi," after the Persian word for a heron's plume, the feather-shaped ornament was crafted in Rajasthan in a style harking back to the Mughal court's princely custom of sporting impressive gems on their turbans.
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The heron's something she just rides, the way a man rides a horse.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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«They came swiftly from the North, walking like wading herons in their gait, but not in their speed; for their legs in their long paces beat quicker than the heron's wings.»
a riddle Fred 2007
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«They came swiftly from the North, walking like wading herons in their gait, but not in their speed; for their legs in their long paces beat quicker than the heron's wings.»
Archive 2007-07-01 Fred 2007
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