Converse of object

• spot: On a jetty we spotted an odd heron like bird in the open.

• watch: I watch the heron disappear toward the village, it's tummy full of fish.

• see: I looked up to see a gray heron leaving the side of the pond.

• have: They also have around 50 heron nesting here, I have seen young hatched in February but others still building their nests in March.

Adjective modifier

• gray: I looked up to see a gray heron leaving the side of the pond.

• purple: The only similar species is the purple heron, which is much smaller.

• blue: A great blue heron was fishing, standing in water up to his belly feathers.

• white: Halfway along the creek we see a white heron on the bank.

• common: Less common in the very dry North-East This is the most common large heron in Kenya.

Modifies a noun

• fishing: We watched a heron fishing on the opposite bank.

• specie: We saw many birds on the way, albeit that they were mostly the common egret and heron species.

• nest: Song of a skylark, a heron bird nests nearby.

Noun used with modifier

• squacco: Squacco heron: one at Bishop's Pool on 25th.

• gray: A young gray heron is standing patiently watching at the foot of the slope at the shallow edge of the canal.