Detail View: Image Archives: Blue-faced Booby on nest
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File Name:
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0095-1474.jpg
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catalog number:
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0095-1474.N
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collection:
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Birds
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title:
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Blue-faced Booby on nest
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creator:
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Alfred M. Bailey; Ed N. Harrison; R.J. Niedrach
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Blue-faced Booby with chalky white egg on San Benedicto Island (Isla San Benedicto) of the Revillagigedo Island group off the Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou. Also called masked Booby, the adults are white with pointed black wings, a pointed black tail and dark grey face mask. During the breeding season they hav a patch of bluish skin at the base of the bill.
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date:
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4/25/1940
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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Mexico, San Benedicto Island
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modified:
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yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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4.39 MB
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source:
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1.75 x 2.25 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000X at 1334 dpi
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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