"The Kingfisher rises out of the black wave like a blue flower," wrote poet Mary Oliver, paying tribute to the dashing river bird on its feeding rounds.

“黑色的波浪里开出蓝色的花，那是小翠蹿出的身影。”诗人玛丽·奥利弗这样赞美哺育期的翠鸟。

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Mine hovered right over the mudbank; when I opened the shutters at 6am the river, mountains and sky were steely blue.

我的舱房正在泥土河岸边上，早上6点打开百叶窗，天空和山脉呈现出钢蓝的色调。

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Blue catfish is native to 20 states, primarily within the Mississippi river Basin but also in rivers along the Gulf Coast.

蓝鲶在美国的20个州都有分布，最初生活在密西西比河盆地和墨西哥湾沿岸的河流中。

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Sudanese workers are busy with Khartoum's face lift, especially on Nile Road, running along the Blue Nile River past the grand palace grounds and government ministries, the road's median lined with newly planted pink bougainvillea and palm trees, running up to a brand-new development built especially for the African heads of state due here for the two-day meeting beginning January 23rd.

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He followed the river upstream through the flooded bowl of the foothills, swollen with April rain, sleeping in empty riverboats while the sun, pale in the blue mist of the river, grew dimmer.

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While the pond trout make for a fine diversion, serious anglers will hit the road to High Lonesome's sister property, K Bar T, an hour and a half drive away, which features 4.5 miles of the blue ribbon White River.

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