One of the readers has requested to throw
some insight on booby birds. These birds are sea birds like gulls, albatrosses,
gannets etc. But gannets are their closest relatives.
Being coastal residents of Pacific ocean, blue footed boobies boast brightly blue colored feet implying their name. When night falls, they nest on land and spend rest of their day flying and looking for fishes like anchovies etc. Along with their brightly blue foot, other remarkable qualities include ability to dive not only from great heights around 80 ft (24 meters) but even do so from sitting position.
Like that, the red-footed booby does boast various similar lifestyles which its cousin (blue-foot) boasts. They too dive from towering heights to scoop out fish nesting on land etc. Being agile flyers by flying up to 150 kilometers in quest for meal, nesting on other places like coastal trees and nearby bushes and of course red color are their distinguishing factors from its cousin.
Their colored feet seem to be of some relevance to their mating habit. Blue-footed boobies shake their legs as a part of their mating ritual while red-footed boobies emit shrill squawks during mating along with performing rituals like dancing, showing brighter body parts including its feet.
Being coastal residents of Pacific ocean, blue footed boobies boast brightly blue colored feet implying their name. When night falls, they nest on land and spend rest of their day flying and looking for fishes like anchovies etc. Along with their brightly blue foot, other remarkable qualities include ability to dive not only from great heights around 80 ft (24 meters) but even do so from sitting position.
Like that, the red-footed booby does boast various similar lifestyles which its cousin (blue-foot) boasts. They too dive from towering heights to scoop out fish nesting on land etc. Being agile flyers by flying up to 150 kilometers in quest for meal, nesting on other places like coastal trees and nearby bushes and of course red color are their distinguishing factors from its cousin.
Their colored feet seem to be of some relevance to their mating habit. Blue-footed boobies shake their legs as a part of their mating ritual while red-footed boobies emit shrill squawks during mating along with performing rituals like dancing, showing brighter body parts including its feet.
Thank you for covering these Abhi. I find them quite amusing and especially their colored feet are so distinctive.
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