3302 x 2201 px | 28 x 18,6 cm | 11 x 7,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
31 mai 2016
Lieu:
Ascension Island, South Atlantic
Informations supplémentaires:
The Brown Booby (Sula l. leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family, the Sulidae. This species breeds on islands and coasts in the pantropical areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It nests in large colonies, laying two chalky blue eggs on the ground in a mound of broken shells and vegetation. It winters at sea over a wider area. Brown booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate greeting rituals, and are also spectacular divers, plunging into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat small fish or squid which gather in groups near the surface and may catch leaping fish while skimming the surface. Although they are powerful and agile fliers, they are particularly clumsy in takeoffs and landings and hence they use strong winds and high perches to assist their takeoffs.
