If there were such a thing as a “bad hair day bird,” the Belted Kingfisher would likely earn the name.

“Their shaggy crest sits atop a big head, and they have long dagger-like bills to go with small feet,” Rossford resident Bill Heban explained.

With a piercing rattle, they are more often heard rather than seen around streams, lakes and rivers with unclouded water.

The name “belted” refers to the che…