Date: 11/9/24 11:38 am From: Trileigh Tucker via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Red-footed Booby's local diet
Hi Tweets,
Since finally getting to see the Red-footed Booby recently, I’ve been wondering about his life here, and at the moment considering what he might be eating. I know he’s been seen hanging out with Heerman’s Gulls, who are pretty generalist in their feeding habits, but since we don’t have the booby’s favored flying fish, perhaps he’s making do with other small fish, along with squid as he prefers in his native habitat.
Has anyone happened to notice what he’s catching? If you have photos with identifiable prey, I’d be interested to hear what they are.
I believe that he hasn’t been reported in the Port Townsend area for the past few days, since Nov 6—hopefully he’s taken off to find his way back home.
With hopes for his safe journey,
Trileigh
(By the way, I decided, since the RFBO’s binomial name is Sula sula, I’m going to call him Sully. Which also evokes the heroic piloting actions of Capt. Sullenberger, who safely landed that plane in the Hudson in 2009.)
Trileigh Tucker
Pelly Valley, West Seattle
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