Mommy Nazca booby feeding its two-week old chick
Dates visited: April 10, 2017
Write-up to follow; until then enjoy the pics!
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- Male great frigatebird with its inflated throat pouch to attract the females… …yes, it resembles a heart!
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- The two great frigatebirds have certainly impressed Prachi
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- Nazca booby about to sit on its eggs
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- Red-footed booby resting
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- Red-footed booby
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- “Oh yeah, I would love to trade places with the sea lion”
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- Our yacht where we stayed and the blue ‘pangas’ that we used for getting on the islands
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- Lava gull resting in the shade
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- A fluffy Nazca booby chick
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- Male great frigatebird with a deflated throat pouch… …takes 45 mins to inflated and stays inflated for 3-4 weeks!
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- Male great frigatebird… …you never get tired looking at them
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- A mangrove sapling
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- A Nazca booby guarding its egg
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- Male great frigatebirds sitting in the bushes… …impressing the female frigatebirds flying overhead
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- Yes, Rohan’s all ready and rarin’ to go in the panga
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- Flower of a prickly pear cactus
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- “Yes, it is H-O-T but we are having fun!”
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- Red-footed booby
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- Adult Nazca booby and chick
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- Mom and son watch a napping mom and baby!
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- Enjoying the landscape and birds flying in the skies!
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- With a Nazca booby who is not at all bothered by my presence
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- View of the Darwin bay
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- A great frigatebird fully stretched out
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- A great frigatebird fully stretched out… …I sure hope he gets lucky tonight!