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Brown Booby Portrait
horukuru

Brown Booby Portrait (Sula leucogaster)

My friend alerted me last night, someone found this bird nearly drowned on the sea in front of the waterfront of the city. At this moment, the staffs at Wetland Centre is looking after the bird by feeding lots of fish hehehe :)

The bird lost left hind toe and one of the skin of its webbed feet on the right. Condition is ok. Hopefully it would be able to fly again soon and back to its island.

By the way, this bird has been tagged on its left leg with no. 351. Could anyone help to identify the origin of this bird from its tag ?

Picture of this bird at http://www.flickr.com/photos/borneonbirds/3322807306/

I've never seen this bird before, so I'm happy with this shot :p
Habitat
Sea
Location
Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre, Sabah, Borneo
Date taken
3rd March 2009
Scientific name
Sula leucogaster
Equipment used
Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31D
intersting story for this poor thing, i hope he will get well soon, thanks Horu for this great shot.
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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