Detail View: Image Archives: Blue-footed Booby with chicks

File Name: 
0095-1410.jpg
catalog number: 
0095-1410.N
collection: 
Birds
title: 
Blue-footed Booby with chicks
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey; Ed N. Harrison; R.J. Niedrach
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Blue-footed Booby 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.
date: 
4/8/1940
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
Mexico, Isabela Island
modified: 
yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.34 MB
source: 
4.5 x 3.5 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000 at 670 dpi
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science