floraphile Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 18 Apr 2022 Dry Tortugas Monroe co. FL Called dark morph Red-footed by guide. We thought immature Brown. Feet looked too yellowish to us, but reviewer gave it a pass. Thoughts? Interacting with adult Brown Booby Here is link to checklist with photos by others: https://ebird.org/checklist/S134306296 Edited April 23 by floraphile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Looks better for brown IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 That is a Red-footed Booby. Nice! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 20 minutes ago, DLecy said: Nice! Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 3 hours ago, blackburnian said: That is a Red-footed Booby. Nice! Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Immature Brown would have a brown belly where as immature red-footed (which I believe this is instead of dark morph) would have a lightish belly, red-orange feet and a greyish brown breast band, all of which imo are characteristics shown by this bird. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 4 hours ago, IKLland said: Why? Notice how slim and slender the bill/body is, in addition to bill color. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Rarity right? Nice bird? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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