Date November 23, 2025
Location on the ocean in the northern Bahamas
In November of 2025, Mieka and I went on a Caribbean cruise. Our cabin was at the rear of the ship with a balcony, which afforded lots of opportunity for searching out pelagic species. I managed to get two on the trip. This juvenile Red-footed Booby was the first.
This photo is of the actual bird that I saw. It's obviously not great, but it was taken from a phone on the 10th deck of a cruise ship, and it actually shows some field marks, most notably the bluish bill.
I saw this particular bird -- at least, I think it was the same bird -- three times as it flew from behind the ship and over to the port side. Each circuit showed a very similar pattern.
It was fascinating to watch it fly just above the water, never getting clipped by the waves jutting up.
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