herons
Long-legged fishers
Herons are large wading birds with long legs, necks, and pointed bills, found near water where they hunt fish and frogs.
They stand motionless in shallows before striking with a quick thrust.
The great blue heron is the most familiar North American species.
Egrets are a type of heron, typically white.
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- shallowsAreas of little depth
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- shorelineLand-water boundary
stilts · reeds · cattails · wetlands · tidal · delta · ripples · bank
Bird's complete feather coat
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- billAmount owed, written
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- egretWhite wading bird
rookery · nesting · chicks · colony · migration · avian · ornithology · birder
Stealthy, persistent pursuit
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- spearfishingAquatic hunting with sharp poles
prey · patience · motionless · lightning-fast · swallow · fish · frogs · eels
Elegant in movement
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
- poisedCalm and controlled
- slenderThin and graceful
- long-leggedWith extended lower limbs
dignified · majestic · serene · silhouette · stillness · aesthetic · striking · regal
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
shoreline · stilts · reeds · cattails · wetlands · tidal · delta · ripples · bank · floodplain
plumage
Bird's complete feather coat
egret · rookery · nesting · chicks · colony · migration · avian · ornithology · birder · species
stalking
Stealthy, persistent pursuit
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
spearfishing · prey · patience · motionless · lightning-fast · swallow · fish · frogs · eels · snakes
graceful
Elegant in movement
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
- poisedCalm and controlled
- slenderThin and graceful
long-legged · dignified · majestic · serene · silhouette · stillness · aesthetic · striking · regal · sculptural
- Mississippi RiverItasca, levee, riverboats, steamboat, towboats
- Coastal AlaskaSitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, fjords
- aquaculture problemsdisease, parasites, sea lice, disease outbreak, disease spread
- Camarguewhite horses, pink flamingos, flamingos, salt marshes, marshlands
- Saloum Deltatidal creeks, channels, lagoons, estuaries, islands
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
heronspenguins
Flightless aquatic seabirds
puffins · quails · wrens · sparrows · chickadees
heronsducks
Waterfowl or evades
geese · diving ducks · cormorants · pelicans · grebes
- blue heronLarge wading waterbird
- great blue heronLarge wading bird, North America
- grey heronLarge wading bird, ashen plumage
- night heronsWading birds active after sunset
- Gil Scott-Heron