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.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Red-tailed Tropicbird Courtship Display
Red-tailed tropic birds have an incredibly acrobatic and intricate aerial courtship display, where the birds literally fly backwards loops around each other while flagrantly showing off their long streaming red tail feathers.
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