First sighting of Red-footed Booby for mainland New Zealand

[Tony Whitehead]

A Red-footed Booby has made an appearance at the Muriwai Gannet colony and is a first for mainland New Zealand. The first ever sighting of the species for New Zealand was last year at the Kermadec Islands. http://www.tonywhitehead.com/wildlight/2017/01/booby-mission/

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 300.0 mm f/4.0
• ƒ/4
• 300mm
• 1/2000s
• ISO 400
• Tony Whitehead wildlight.co.nz
• Sun, 22 January 2017 6:31 PM
• Tony Whitehead wildlight.co.nz
• NIKON D500 Ver.1.01

 

[Ian McHenry]

Splendid capture Tony.Thanks for sharing this original with us.

 

[Marina Scarr]

Wow, that is awesome. What a great looking bird.