
Female Blue-footed Booby nesting

by Henri Leduc
Title
Female Blue-footed Booby nesting
Artist
Henri Leduc
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Photograph
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A female Blue-footed Booby incubating her unique egg. The nest is built on bare ground. One to three eggs are laid. Boobies does not have a brood patch, but incubate the eggs using heat supplied from a network of blood vessels in the webs of the feet. Female blue-footed booby can be distinguished by the dark inner iris in the eye.
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December 22nd, 2021
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