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Blue Footed Boobies

© Paul Coco

Blue Footed Boobies

Uploaded: May 29, 2014 03:53:56 | Entered: June 16, 2014 03:13:00

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These are marine birds easily identified by their bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait. Males display their feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting their feet up and down while strutting before the female. The natural breeding habitats of the Blue-footed Booby are the tropical and subtropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. It can be found from the Gulf of California down along the western coasts of Central and South America down to Peru. Approximately one half of all breeding pairs nest on the Galápagos Islands. Photographed in Las Islas Ballestas en Paraca, Peru.


Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 160, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: NIKON D7000

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