Red-footed Boobies

1. Red-footed Booby Sula sula rubripes, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 8, 2006. Red-footed Boobies nest at Kilauea Point. The vast majority of the Red-footed Boobies we saw on Kaua'i were white morphs, but we did see a few white-tailed dark morph birds from seawatches at Ninini Point.

2. Red-footed Boobies S. s. rubripes, adults, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 8, 2006.

3. Red-footed Booby S. s. rubripes, juvenile, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 8, 2006.

4. Red-footed Booby S. s. rubripes, juvenile, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 8, 2006. Same bird as in image 3. Note the dark underwing.

5. Red-footed Booby S. s. rubripes, juvenile, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 8, 2006. Same bird as in image 3.