Sentences with phrase «like herons»

Long - legged wading birds, like herons, egrets, ibises, storks, and spoonbills may choose nesting sites above resident American alligators, likely to take advantage of protection from nest predators such as raccoons and opossums.

The man lifts his black morocco boots like a heron hunting frogs.

A unique aspect of their pottery is the focus on the native environment... the plants, geology, and wildlife that are reflected in the themes and materials used in their work, like the heron urns, leaf imprint pots and landscape triptychs.

Not exact matches

But recall The birds it housed, the birds it sensed whizzing past» deror, The swallows and swifts, the small gleaming knives in flight, And selah, the quail in their vast flocks, carpeting the acacias In October like feathery jackets, and anafas, the patient heron, And hasidah the stork and larus the gull and nesher the eagle, And certainly yonah, the dove.

I've always loved great blue herons, their blue grey wings are like twilight, their elegance among domesticity, their perseverance and cleverness.

As for the blue heron, well, he looks to me like he's been caught in the act of exposing himself.

Float on the Corobicí River through the tropical dry forest, keeping eyes peeled for otters, crocodiles, monkeys, and large birds like storks, herons, and roseate spoonbills.

Besides these beautiful species, nesting colonies of tropical waders like the beautiful white ibis («Cocos») and the nocturnal boat - billed herons («Coopers») are found here.

My group got up close to some Daufuskie wildlife like egrets, great blue herons, eagles, osprey, and even a dolphin.

Marine and terrestrial creatures like bottle nosed dolphins, green iguanas, sea - hare crabs, pale - billed woodpeckers, brown boobies, frigate birds, pelicans, white ibis, cormorants, great blue herons, terns, gulls and sandpipers are also popular visitors.

Red Howler Monkeys may peer at us through the branches of the giant trees above us, while herons lie in wait among the fallen trees, cormorant - like Anhingas watch from the forest branches, and an Osprey may circle overhead.

Presently, the Island is home to a number of exotic birds like the brown pelican, green heron, and melodious blackbird.

Wildlife in the Sarapiqui River has many animal that are varied from howler monkeys, white - faced, colorful iguanas, caimans, sloths, and many birds like blue herons, toucans, hummingbirds.

Aside from their unmistakable silhouette in flight, herons and their wading kin may be best known for their statue - like pose, where they seem half asleep, frozen in time... or so they'd like unsuspecting fish to think.