Geoff's Gallery: Masked Booby (5/5)

PHALACROCORACIFORMES: Sulidae

Sula dactylatra

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Lord Howe Island, NSW (Nov, 2017)

Bushpea

Mum on the left was teaching junior, a juvenile Masked Booby, on the right how to fly and control itself in a strong wind so that the juvenile Masked Booby could hover.

Masked Booby

Masked Booby chick

Masked Booby