A determined looking #BrownBooby with #WingsWideOpen for
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Photo of a Brown Booby chasing a flying fish, just above the water’s surface.

Brown Booby leaving the water after diving in to catch a flying fish.

Brown Booby, with wing fully extended in flight. Taken against an overcast sky.

For months I spent all of my spare time taking pictures of these birds from the focsle.

I always felt bad for the flying fish. They left the water seeking safety only to be hunted down by Brown Boobies.
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ダイシャクシギを見に行ったらイソヒヨドリに出迎えられ、獲物を探すカツオドリを見つけて最後はシロチドリと共に餌を探すダイシャクシギを見られました。 #bluerockthrush #BrownBooby #KentishPlover #EurasianCurlew #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

獲物を探し、ダイブするカツオドリ。久しぶりに出会えました。 #BrownBooby #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

Brown Booby Over Port Elizabeth Bay A Brown Booby circles, glides, and dives with effortless precision over Port Elizabeth Bay

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Brown Booby Over Port Elizabeth Bay A Brown Booby circles, glides, and dives with effortless precision over Port Elizabeth Bay

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Brown Booby Over Port Elizabeth Bay From my vantage point at the edge of the wall near the end of the Belmont Boardwalk, the morning light fell across Admiralty Bay in that clear, crystalline way that makes everything seem both sharper and calmer. Boats shifted gently at anchor, their masts tracing slow arcs against the sky. A few Brown Boobies patrolled overhead, their long, narrow wings slicing the air with an easy confidence. One bird in particular kept drawing my eye — not because it was closer than the others, but because it was locked into a purposeful rhythm. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) · Tuesday 13 May 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 160 · 1/1000 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 229.7 mm · f/6.4 Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) are built for this kind of work. They favour warm tropical seas, nesting on islands and feeding almost entirely on fish and squid they catch near the surface. With a sharp bill and streamlined body, they hunt by sight, scanning the water for flashes of movement. Once spotted, they fold those broad wings and plunge with startling precision, striking the water at speed to seize their prey. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) · Tuesday 13 May 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 160 · 1/1250 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 172.8 mm · f/5.6 This one circled high, scanning, then tucked its wings and arrowed into the bay. A splash, a pause, and then it rose again, a flash of silver wriggling in its beak. It wheeled wide, letting the fish settle in its grip, then began another long, rising arc into position. Over and over, it repeated this pattern — circle, dive, catch, rise — as if the whole bay had become its personal larder. I watched for several minutes, the cadence becoming almost meditative. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) · Tuesday 13 May 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 160 · 1/420 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 351.8 mm · f/7.1 Below, other boobies gathered on a small dock jutting out from the shoreline. They stood in loose formation, three brown-bodied birds with yellowish feet, each facing a slightly different direction, like sentries with their own agendas. A lone tern perched on a post nearby, scanning the same waters, its quick, darting head movements a sharp contrast to the boobies’ stillness. The only sound was the gentle slap of water against the dock’s pilings and the occasional creak of rigging from the moored yachts. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) · Tuesday 13 May 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 160 · 1/340 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 351.8 mm · f/7.1 It was a simple scene — a bird hunting, others resting — yet layered with the quiet assurance of creatures perfectly at home in their environment. In the bustle of Port Elizabeth just a short walk away, this moment was an unhurried exchange between sea, sky, and bird that could have gone on indefinitely. I lingered there, reluctant to turn away, knowing I’d just watched a Brown Booby’s morning unfold exactly as it should. ### Like this: Like Loading... Birds Belmont Boardwalk Bequia Birding Birding Lifer Birds of the Caribbean Brown Booby Grenadines Port Elizabeth Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seabirds Sula leucogaster

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A black and white photo of a Brown Booby bird sitting on a sandy beach, with a person running along the shoreline in the background.

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The bird in this photo is a Brown Booby! Early sailors named them from the Spanish word "bobo" (meaning "silly" or "clown") because they were clumsy on land.

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Brown Booby
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The image shows a brown booby bird standing on the edge of a pier. It has a brown body and a striking, long blue beak. Its vivid yellow webbed feet contrast with the yellow edge of the pier and the bright turquoise sea or ocean in the background. The booby's left foot is raised, and its head is lowered as if it's readying to scratch its head.

Brown Booby by Turquoise Sea

I saw this brown booby (Sula leucogaster) on a pier at Roatan, Honduras a couple of years ago.

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カツオドリの幼鳥でしょうか？時折海面にダイブしていましたが何かぎこちなかったです。練習していたのかな？ #BrownBooby #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

錦江湾の奥の海上を飛びながら時折獲物を狙ってダイブしていたカツオドリたち。 #BrownBooby #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

Brown Booby chasing flying fish moving out of the way of the ship.

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錦江湾のカツオドリの群れ youtu.be/dpMM-ELQKBQ?... @YouTubeより #野鳥 #bird #BrownBooby #鹿児島 #kagoshima

午前中に出会った野鳥。二羽で飛ぶカツオドリ、貝をつつくミヤコドリ、二羽がカラーリングを付けたクロツラヘラサギ。左側1羽はおそらく毎年来ているK79と思われるがリングの一部が欠けている。右は新手で記号は見えない。 #BrownBooby #Oystercatcher #BlackfacedSpoonbill ##野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

午前中に出会った野鳥たち。モズ、イソヒヨドリ、アオアシシギ、カツオドリ。 #bullheadedShrike #bluerockthrush
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午前中に海岸で出会った野鳥たち。オナガガモと思われるカモがいました。 #westernosprey #greyheron #BrownBooby #NorthernPintail #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

久し振りにカツオドリに遭遇。 #BrownBooby #野鳥 #bird #a057 #鹿児島 #kagoshima

Happy World Wildlife Day!

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