Sentences with phrase «heron stand»

But stand between tides and above children, as the sly, absorbed heron stands among minnows, and you will find the small empiricists at work.

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My gaze returned to the great blue heron still standing patiently in the reeds and I said, all right then.

I turned towards the reeds and there, standing still and staring right at me was a heron, a big blue heron.

And it is a child's country, which is described by the water's soft, ambiguous edge, and it is bewildering to stand sentry there, unsuccessfully disguised as a heron, with your large white feet sticking out, to listen to (and wistfully try to recall) the wild laughter, the shrieks, the singular tuneless tunes children drone as they march in intent circles; and to watch them groping into their shadows for shells on the roily bottom or building improbable fortifications to keep the ocean where it belongs («What arc - you doing?»

The picture of them lingers in his mind — two ladies standing stiff and gaunt - legged as blue herons, shrilling with glee as they slide to shore — and it has confounded Keki ever since that hundreds of thousands of tourists never try the sport.

The beaver lodge is huge, water surrounds a stand of dead trees, and the trees are topped with the stick nests built by a colony of great blue herons.