I'm guessing this guy is a 1 year old. Hi beak is certainly like the Boat Billed guys. He was on top of my palapa at Birdland and I had my video camera in my hand. This is a grabbed frame from that. He stood and watched me for several minutes but when the dogs started barking he flew off - very clumsy flight into the brush.
identical coloring and shape of night herons in NJ(very frequent along waterfront here year round) BUT appears much taller - man can they toss a blood-curdling scream!
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