Journey with me to sun-kissed, wind-spanked Tern Island of the French Frigate Shoals, where humans play second fiddle to the abundant wildlife. My time on Tern will last from late January to early April. I will be tagging Laysan and Black-footed albatross with GPS, satellite and archival tags to track their movements over the north Pacific as part of my post-graduate research project. I hope this blog provides a little window into the lives of seabirds and the people who study them.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A displaying male red-footed booby distracts some neighboring greater frigatebirds. Both red-footed boobies and frigatebirds nest in trees, and they decorate the small island trees like rancorous christmas ornaments.
2 comments:
This is a beautiful picture, Melinda. What an amazing horizon.
Mel, this would make a gorgeous postcard!
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