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Definition of Little blue heron
1. Noun. Small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Blue Heron
Literary usage of Little blue heron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"BUTORIDES * ,r i°'- (little blue heron.) • • • • ° Butorides cyanurus ...
The little blue heron, though widely distributed, is not anywhere a common bird. ..."
2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"little blue heron (immature). No. 74. DDD. Entire under parts white, ...
little blue heron (adult). No. 74. FF. Plumage streaked above and below with brown, ..."
3. Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park, as Far as Completed by New York Zoological Park (1900)
"They are, however, easily distinguished by the fact that the snowy heron has
black legs and a black bill, whereas the legs and bill of the little blue heron ..."
4. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"It feeds at dusk or early morning in marshes and lakes, catching fish to be used
as surface bait for larger fish. little blue heron ..."
5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... and the three to five eggs are practically not distinguishable from those oft
he Snowy'or little blue herons. 8iw 1.75 x 1.35. 200. little blue heron ..."
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