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Blind boat-billed heron What a nice memory! This is Stevie, a boat-billed heron at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. <br /> <br /> I met him in 2014 when I took this image and I&#039;ve just found a post by the Aviary in 2021, celebrating his 33rd birthday. Amazing. <br /> <br /> He has cataracts in both eyes and is completely blind.<br /> <br /> Stevie is one of the oldest boat-billed herons on record and is a resident of the aviary&#039;s Teaching Hospital, where he receives individualized care from the excellent Veterinary Care Team.<br /> <br /> I remember he was a beautiful character - despite being blind, showing no defensiveness.....and patient and gentle with all who greeted him. <br /> <br /> Boatbills are nocturnal birds, natural habitat is mangrove swamps from Mexico, south to Peru and Brazil. <br /> <br /> Ardeidae,Aves,Boat-billed Heron,Cochlearius cochlearius,Geotagged,North America,Pelecaniformes,Pennsylvania,The National Aviary Pittsburgh,Tigriornithinae,United States,Winter,fauna Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Blind boat-billed heron

What a nice memory! This is Stevie, a boat-billed heron at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

I met him in 2014 when I took this image and I've just found a post by the Aviary in 2021, celebrating his 33rd birthday. Amazing.

He has cataracts in both eyes and is completely blind.

Stevie is one of the oldest boat-billed herons on record and is a resident of the aviary's Teaching Hospital, where he receives individualized care from the excellent Veterinary Care Team.

I remember he was a beautiful character - despite being blind, showing no defensiveness.....and patient and gentle with all who greeted him.

Boatbills are nocturnal birds, natural habitat is mangrove swamps from Mexico, south to Peru and Brazil.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Did not know they could get this old, long may we enjoy Stevie! Posted one year ago

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The Boat-billed Heron

The Boat-billed Heron - colloquially known as the Boatbill - is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly thought to be in a monotypic family, Cochlearidae.

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Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Jul 8, 2024. Captured Feb 18, 2014 15:27 in Arch St + Allegheny Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO1000
  • 90mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.