Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Why are these birds called boobies?
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:25:53 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
 
bruce golding wrote:

>i have only seen them in the galapagos, peter. and there they are  
>somewhat ungainly; due, i suppose to the size of those blue feet (not  
>from the cold i guess).

Ungainly on land but in flight they're anything but ungainly:

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/sulidae/

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com