Planicie Abissar Da Madeira – Atlantic Ocean - Gannet / booby? (2 Viewers)

[Aladdin]

Dear Members and Bird Watchers!

Nort east of Madeira and south of the Ascores, I had a new friend in front of the boat and it looked like a gannet, but very dark.

Behaviour just like a gannet or booby, in front of the boat diving for fish. The gulls are usually coming in from aft soaring by and then turn around and coming back in from the aft again.

Is it possible to ID the bird from my poor pictures? Please bear in mind that I only have my very small pocket camera with me. And I really regret leaving my bird camera back home as we will pass the Panama Canal next week.

Kind Regards and Happy Birding
Aladdin

 

[Mike Earp]

Dear Members and Bird Watchers!

Nort east of Madeira and south of the Ascores, I had a new friend in front of the boat and it looked like a gannet, but very dark.

Behaviour just like a gannet or booby, in front of the boat diving for fish. The gulls are usually coming in from aft soaring by and then turn around and coming back in from the aft again.

Is it possible to ID the bird from my poor pictures? Please bear in mind that I only have my very small pocket camera with me. And I really regret leaving my bird camera back home as we will pass the Panama Canal next week.

Kind Regards and Happy Birding
Aladdin

Looks like Red-footed Booby to me.

 

[HouseCrow]

I would be happy to believe it is RfB but is there no chance this very bleached-out photo shows some immature Gannet (bassanus)? I quickly scanned a few thumb-pages of immatures at inaturalist and observation.org and did find no match but that hardly qualifies as a proper search.

cheers,
G

ps...nice find!

 

[Steve Lister]

Red-footed Booby for me too.

Wasn't one of the first things Bob Flood noticed on the Scillies bird the pink bill?

 

[Aladdin]

Looks like Red-footed Booby to me.

Thank you very much!

Highly appreciated! I have reported the bird in eBird now together with my poor pictures

Kind Regards and Happy Birding

 

[Bewick]

Best of luck on the rest of your trip, seems to be going great!

 

[Aladdin]

Best of luck on the rest of your trip, seems to be going great!

Cheers!
For work so I never brought my camera. And yes, this I regret now

Kind regards
Aladdin