From "Animal Figures in the Maya Codices" by Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen. Water birds are rare in Mayan art - here are a few herons.
Number 1 is from Palenque - the wings are 'curiously conventionalized'. The wings remind me of the ollin sign of the Aztecs.
Number 2 shows a warrior's headdress from Chichen Itza. It is the long bill that makes Tozzer and Allen think it is a heron. It probably indicates which tribe the warrior represents.
Number 3 is from a codex and shows erect feathers all along the neck.
Number 4 is from a codex. The neck is long and the feathers are erect.
Number 5 is from Palenque and shows the heron holding a fish in its bill - it is part of an elaborate headdress.
Number 7 shows a man wearing a headdress that is a heron with a fish in its bill/
Below is number 7 as it appears on FAMSI's page 36 of the Dresden Codex. It is very graceful art.
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Do number 1's wings remind you of Ollin like they do me?
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