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Red-footed Booby
jmorlan

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula websteri)

Took my birding class out to see this rarity. Identified here yesterday, 8 November by Peter Winch at the Greater Farallon National Marine Sanctuary offices. Appears to be second cycle molting primaries. Thigh feathers and undertail coverts seem bedraggled or wet. Previous specimen records from California refer to the small dark race S. s. websteri of the Eastern tropical pacific.
Location
Presidio--Coast Guard Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Date taken
9 November 2019
Scientific name
Sula sula websteri
Equipment used
Digiscoped with Panasonic Lumx LX5 | Nikon Fieldscope III | 30X hand-held no adapter.

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North America
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