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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-three: Impressions of the Galapagos – an extended photo-essay > Whistling Blue Footed Booby, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012
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24-JUN-2012

Whistling Blue Footed Booby, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012

Even without seeing its trademarked blue feet, the Blue Footed Booby is instantly recognizable by its familiar profile and blue beak. This one was seated high on rock ledge in a grotto on the shore of Floreana Island. There are 20,000 pairs of Blue Boobies in the Galapagos, half the world's population. Were were in the Galapagos during the Booby's mating season -- this male opens his beak wide to send a shrill whistle, in hopes of finding a mate.

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Phil Douglis03-Aug-2012 19:58
I agree with you Carol. Perhaps we are once again ascribing human values to instinctive animal behavior, but there seems to be a plaintive quality to this image that does evoke a lonely feeling. As for a potential love nest, I think that might represent your own wishes rather than the reality of the scene itself. I view this booby's roost as primarily an accumulation of guano.
Carol E Sandgren03-Aug-2012 04:48
I find this image extremely poignant...the lone male calling for a mate. He has found his ideal place for the love nest too.
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