Sulas, more commonly known as boobies live on both the Palomino and Ballestas Islands off the coast of Peru. This is picturesque Pisco Harbor, gateway to Islas Ballestas.
There are six different types of sula species. They are commonly called boobies because of the comical method in which they land, often stumbling over their large feet, and because they were incorrectly assumed to be not be very intelligent. These are quite smart Peruvian Booby adults and juveniles on Islas Ballestas.
Peruvian Boobies are confined to areas near The Humboldt Current, in Peru, Chile and Ecuador.
They have pure white heads and chests.
Blue Footed Boobies have brown heads and the famous blue feet. 50% of them live in the Galapagos.
The rest are distributed from the Gulf of California to Peru.
Sulas are rather tame birds, and will let a cautious and respectful visitor approach closely.
Cheers to you from Peru’s fascinating, and quite bright, sulas~
Boobies are my favorite! And fuzzy young boobies too. What an awesome trip!!!
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Ahhh, you noticed the chicks! You are a good birder.
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I can hardly wait until my return to Peru ~ so much to see there, great post and information to go with your photography.
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Thank you Randall & it is wonderful to hear from you!
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Nice , lively and colorful images. Birds are the beautiful and lucky ones; they travel the world and the world travels the birds. These are interesting birds for sure.
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Birds are lucky. They can fly away from us! ❤
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LOL!
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❤
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You really got the sharp colours in the bill and feet that blue is striking.
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Love to you Charlotte.
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