Detail View: Image Archives: Blue-footed Boobies with chicks
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File Name:
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0095-1409.jpg
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catalog number:
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0095-1409.N
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collection:
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Birds
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title:
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Blue-footed Boobies with chicks
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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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A pair of Blue-footed Boobies with a chick in ground nest photographed on Isabel Island (Isla Isabela) of the Revillagigedo Island group off Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou. Blue-footed Boobies are light brown with white streaks while the belly and underside exhibit pure white plumage. Blue-footed Booby chicks have black beaks and feet and are clad in a layer of soft white down.
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date:
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4/8/1940
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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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3.48 MB
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source:
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4.5 x 3.5 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000 at 670 dpi
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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