Photographs by Timothy S. Allen
Exploring the World with a Camera
Boat-Billed Heron
Herons have a specialized downy feather that doesn’t molt and grows continuously throughout the bird’s life. The ends break off as a powder that the heron then uses while preening to waterproof its other feathers. Franklin Park Zoo, https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/boat-billed-heron/
Photographs by Timothy S. Allen 
Wow! That’s a large bill. I have never seen this kind of heron yet.
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That it is. They are in Central and South America. I’m headed to Costa Rica in January. My wife has a 6 week residency in Uvita on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. The habitat maps for this bird show them in the area where I’ll be staying. I’ve got my fingers crossed to not only see that bird but many more.
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Boat-billed? Then I think the boat model would be an old woody boat from the 40s or 50s. ❤️
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True, I do as well. I worked in Vero Beach for a number of years and some of our board members had resorted wooden boat. The bill has some resemblance to those boats.
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I see, I also follow some old wooden boat accounts on Instagram. Growing up on a lake and boating and boat racing has left me with little boats in my bloodstream!
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Yes, I can understand that.
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