Red-footed booby

The Red-footed booby (Sula sula) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the color of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers but clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They are found widely in the tropics and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially islands.

Half Moon Caye is their only breeding ground in the western Caribbean. When not breeding it spends most of the time at sea, and is therefore rarely seen away from breeding colonies. It nests in large colonies, laying one chalky blue egg in a stick nest, which both adults incubate for 44–46 days. The nest is usually placed in a tree or bush, but rarely it may nest on the ground. It may be three months before the young first fly, and five months before they make extensive flights.

Red-footed booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate greeting rituals, including harsh squawks and the male’s display of his blue throat, as well as short dances.

Shame mankind isn’t as concerned about all wildlife as we appear to be about protecting Booby’s! I swear it was saved by its name, unlike the poor Dodo.

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