| 单词 | heronry |
| 例句 | The nests were revealed as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's annual heronry census. Belton House: Bird's eye drone reveals more nesting herons than expected 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “The heronries are disappearing or being abandoned. The diversity of wildlife is becoming homogenized and the species you really look forward to seeing are disappearing.” Oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z By March, males begin selecting existing nests at the heronry and start scouting for mates. Herons’ baby boom fills tiny park near Ballard Locks after eagles made them move 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z According to Google Maps, the heronry is within about 1,000 feet of the nearest refinery. Group surveys Skagit County’s herons 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Heron-hawking requires an open country, with a heronry in the neighborhood. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Thus the number of so-called heronries in the United Kingdom, and especially in England and Wales, has become far greater than formerly, but no one can doubt that the number of herons has dwindled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z If there is an ancient heronry in your neighbourhood, as there is in mine, don't attempt to visit the untidy, ill-smelling place on a hot day. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z For the public, the heronry is an outsized helping of nature, right in the heart of the city. Herons’ baby boom fills tiny park near Ballard Locks after eagles made them move 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I have frequently seen it at least fifty miles distant from the nearest heronry; but when it has discovered a spot abounding in food, it repairs thither day after day for a long period. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z But even the full-grown bird was not too powerful for the digestive organs in those days: it was termed viand royal, and heronries were maintained for the purpose of food, as well as diversion. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z I moved slowly through the drippling fern towards the heronry; from the little island suddenly flew forth, not the stately birds who ordinarily reigned there, but a pair of ravens. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Thanks to the night heron's habits that keep him concealed by day when gunners are abroad, a few large heronries still exist within an hour's ride of New York, in spite of much persecution. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Volunteer observers with Heron Habitat Helpers keep a devoted watch over the heronry, recording the birds’ daily doings. Herons’ baby boom fills tiny park near Ballard Locks after eagles made them move 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The nearest heronry must be about thirty miles distant, which probably explains their absence at that time. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I observe that the herons in the heronry on the Findhorn are now busily employed in sitting on their eggs—the heron being one of the first birds to commence breeding in this country. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Next an open country which can be ridden over—over which herons are in the constant habit of passing to and from their heronry on their fishing excursions, or making their “passage.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The dogs and falcons were to have been put in requisition, and the heronry and the thick covers around beat for game. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Tiny Commodore Park hosts Seattle’s biggest, newest heronry near the Ballard Locks. Herons’ baby boom fills tiny park near Ballard Locks after eagles made them move 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z At breeding time these birds assemble in very large companies, and their nesting-places are called heronries or rookeries. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z On another island, where we also found a big colony of frigate-birds roosting on the mangrove and Gulf tamarisk scrub, there was a small heronry of the Louisiana heron. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Passage.—The line herons take over a tract of country on their way to and from the heronry when procuring food in the breeding season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z If you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth you may even be so lucky as to see a snowy heron passing through to some heronry in the wilds of Canada. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road In one wood there was a large heronry, in another a rookery. Wanderings in South America On entering the swamp in the neighborhood of one of the heronries the noise of the old and young birds equals that made by a band of Indians in conflict. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 My father brought them from a heronry not many miles from the great Okeechobee Lake. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly On the other hand, though the heron is the far more powerful bird of the two, heronries have likewise been scattered, and their trees appropriated, by rooks, probably in overwhelming numbers. Birds in the Calendar Rooks and jackdaws sometimes take up their quarters near to a heronry, and do you know they steal their eggs, the rogues, and devour them. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Once, when drifting over the beaver pond through the delicate witchery of the moonlight, I heard five or six of the great birds croaking excitedly at the heronry, which they had deserted weeks before. Wood Folk at School They found the school very excited over a heronry which they could see on an island in the lake. The Princess of the School The meadow might have been called a plovery—as we say rookery and heronry—for the green plovers or peewits always had several nests in it. Round About a Great Estate When we awoke, they were gone, but we found the heronry that morning on one of the oak-covered knolls that rise like islands out of the heart of the great salt marshes. More Jonathan Papers This, I believe, is a strictly local custom, as there is a heronry in Milton Park, about three miles from Peterborough. Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District The first thing that I came upon was a heronry. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Why are there no heronries in the English public parks? A Wanderer in Holland A famous heronry has existed here for many years, and the birds are held now by Mr. and Mrs. Stacpoole as sacred as are the storks in Holland. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) You will notice that it is one of the shorter plumes, and is badly worn at the end, as have been all the plumes which I have picked up in my heronry. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation We took seven birds that rose from the heronry of Barone. The Thirsty Sword At present, however, in consequence of the discontinuance of hawking, little attention is paid to the protection of heronries. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 In nesting-time a heronry, as such a colony is called, is a very noisy, dirty place; for they do not keep their homes neat and nice, like the tidy land birds. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Then I saw a lonely bird making way for the heronry. The Forest Lovers During the nesting season, which covers the months of April, May and June, I am through this heronry in a small canoe almost every day, and often twice a day. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Tradition has it that, at the marriage of Catherine Gordon with "mad Jack Byron," the heronry at Gight passed over to Kelly or Haddo, the property of the Earl of Aberdeen. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 So intent was Marvel upon the thoughts of the Spalding heronry, that he neglected every thing else. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 As there is a large heronry and rookery on the trees on the islands, the variety of life there is very great. The Naturalist on the Thames There were at that time heronries, as at a later period there were pheasantries. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period It has several very small islands in it, and one rather larger, which is a heronry. Memories of Hawthorne Were it not for the fact that herons nest like rooks, and that heronries are valued appurtenances in parks, they would soon become scarce. The Life of the Fields His sheep died, and he set out for Spalding full of the thoughts of the heronry. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 There was a heronry among the trees on the edge of it, but otherwise the marsh was not used save as a storehouse for the basket-makers. Masters of the Guild And in those trees there is both a rookery and a heronry; the herons ought to be here by now, for they're off to the sea in August, but I have not seen one yet. Wives and Daughters So, then, the end of all this turmoil is to purchase a heronry! Tales and Novels — Volume 02 It was in vain that Marvel rose in his offers; it was in vain that he declared he was ready to give any price that Sir Plantagenet would set upon the heronry. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Something must be done, he saw, to retrieve his credit: ad the heronry was his resource. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 This haughty answer, and the disappointment of all his hopes and schemes respecting the heronry, threw Marvel into a degree of rage scarcely inferior to what was felt by Sir Plantagenet. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Think of what I shall make by my heronry! Tales and Novels — Volume 02 |
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