great blue heron

All the way up the creek I had been hearing the throaty ghouw-bhouw of a great blue heron off in the swamp.

And now it happened that the great blue heron came more frequently to visit the Perdu.

High up, as if almost touching the calm sky, a great blue heron was toiling heavily westward.

Only a belated and startled great blue heron flapped lazily away to the west.

In the narrows we started a great blue heron and one or two smaller bitterns.