"Night heron" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the night Heron Brownlee, after closing his shop, came again and told me that no one had been taken, but that some person in the multitude had given the Duke a dreadful paper, which had caused great consternation and panic; and that a council was sitting at that ...
— Ringan Gilhaize - or The Covenanters • John Galt
... a February day, we may, on very rare occasions, be fortunate enough to hear unexpected sounds, such as the rattle of a belted kingfisher, or the croak of a night heron; for these birds linger until every bit of pond or lake is sealed with ice; and when a thaw comes, a lonely bat may surprise us with a short flight through the frosty air, before it ...
— The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year • William Beebe |
