A common booby throughout the Galapagos Islands. It's so easy to get great photos, because the birds are not afraid of humans, having been on the islands for thousands of years before anyone found them. The archipelago is 600 miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, right on the Equator.
What's more fun than a Blue-footed Booby? Well maybe a red-footed one, but unfortunately we didn't see any! On Isla Santiago, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
One of the first shots of these guys. I was so anxious to get one, I was shooting at every one I saw. I didn't realize that later I would have to be careful not to step on them! lol!! At Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
These guys catch the fish and the frigatebirds grab them by the tail and make them cough it up! Sort of like waiter service! lol!! At the
Galapagos Islands
Two Blue-footed Boobies (lifer #454), out of about seven seen that day perched on and flying around the breakwater at Playa del Rey in Los Angeles, California. This was part of the major northward incursion of Blue-footed Boobies in fall 2013. Digiscoped with my camera against another birder's...
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