Detail View: Image Archives: Red-billed Tropic Bird on nest
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File Name:
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0095-1403.jpg
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catalog number:
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0095-1403.N
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collection:
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Birds
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title:
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Red-billed Tropic Bird 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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Red-billed tropic bird on nest photographed on Isabel Island (Isla Isabela) of the Revillagigedo Island group ESE off Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou owned by J. R. Pemberton. This collection of photos were taken on a collection and study expedition for the purpose of creating a diorama showing San Isabel Island. The female lays 1 reddish or buff egg, spotted or blotched with brown, placed in a burrow or in a cavity on a cliff often with an overhang.
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date:
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4/15/1940
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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Mexico, Isabela 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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2.85 MB
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source:
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2.5 x 2.0 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000 at 1200 dpi
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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