noun
- plural of heronry; breeding colonies or nesting places of herons
Examples
- The wildlife preserve protects several heronries along the wetland areas.
- Researchers monitor the heronries each spring to count breeding pairs.
- Development near the lake threatens the established heronries.
- The park ranger led visitors to observe the heronries from a safe distance.
- Climate change has affected the timing of activity in local heronries.
- Conservation efforts focus on maintaining healthy heronries throughout the region.