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Florida flyer
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egret
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various wading birds of the genera ''Egretta'' or ''Ardea'' that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. 2 A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, ...
Usage examples of egret.
An egret perched on a nearby limb swooped down and caught the Bluegill before it even hit the water and took off for its nest, she supposed, where he and the egret-wife and birdlets would share a tasty dinner.
A moment later there was another short, respectful knock on the door, and Chang led in two Egrets dragging Deadhead between them.
At the eastern end of the island, the mass of birds, Louisiana herons, pelicans, avocets, sandpipers, egrets, flamingoes and the few roseate spoonbills, went on with building, their nests or fished in the shallow waters of the lake.
At the farthest tip, near Cape Sable, the sky flashed with wild birds: herons, curlews, ibises, blue egrets, white pelicans, sandpipers and a few roseate spoonbills.
The terns, the sandpipers, gulls, shearwaters, egrets, and curlews seemed to have vanished.
An egret perched on a nearby limb swooped down and caught the Bluegill before it even hit the water and took off for its nest, she supposed, where he and the egret-wife and birdlets would share a tasty dinner.
We was making a fair living, salted fish, cut buttonwood, took plumes in egret breeding season, took some gator hides, some otter, done some trading with the Indins, and eased on by.
Ray gestured to take in the water, the bobbing floats, the tall, glossily wet eelgrass on the verge where a lone egret stood like a marble pillar.
Disturbed, a pair of sleeping egrets eyed them owlishly, irritated at the nocturnal interruption.
At the farthest tip, near Cape Sable, the sky flashed with wild birds: herons, curlews, ibises, blue egrets, white pelicans, sandpipers and a few roseate spoonbills.
And all the while we done fishing, too, sold some salt fish, took turtle eggs in season, shot gators and egrets when they was handy.
Along the green shores, flocks of gulls and egrets and ibises drifted like snowflakes, and pelicans skimmed over the water.
He has explored by canoe and found egrets, herons, ospreys, even an eagle.
Countless numbers of birds, herons and egrets standing in the shallow water, reed birds, woodpeckers, ground doves, sparrows, kites.
He dropped the shirt and clutched wildly at the coamings of the turret, the shirt floating away like a white egret on the wing.