Blue footed boobies (adult & juvenile)

Sula nebouxii

Description:

The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is tropical and subtropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. Their range extends from the Gulf of California down along the western coasts of Central and South America to Peru. From about a third to a half of all breeding pairs nest on the Galápagos Islands.

Habitat:

North Seymour island, Galapagos

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13 Comments

KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks alice!
Daniele, I wish now I had though to take video - I can just imagine a short clip with a soundtrack of "boot scooting boogie"!

alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Lovely series!

DanielePralong 11 years ago

Great shot of the foot stomping routine Karen! It may look silly to us but apparently other boobies are impressed!

KarenL 11 years ago

Thank you Noah Citizen & Satyen!

Wild Things 11 years ago

Great series Karen!

Noah Citizen 11 years ago

I agree with Nuwan; this is definitely a great series! I really love their walking...

KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

great series!

KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Patty! It was truly a wonderful place - this will be a hard vacation to follow! :-)

patty 11 years ago

It must have been amazing to see these birds Karen, great pictures. It is a beautiful and interesting bird, it is so...different it has a sort of unreal vail... Greetings and thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures; what a wonderful place. =)