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Rescued Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) chicks, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, Belize.

Rescued Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) chicks, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, Belize...If a Red-footed Booby chick falls out of its nest, its parents will not retrieve it. Each morning, the Belize Audubon Society residents will look for fallen chicks and rescue any that they find. Rescued chicks are placed on tree branches for part of te day sp that they become accustomed to perching on them. The chicks will fledge once they are mature.

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Image Size: 4256x2832 / 6.4MB; Belize Belize Audubon Society Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Bird Chick Color Image David Andrew Hartley Day Full Length Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Horizontal Low Angle View Nobody Outdoors Palm Tree Perching Red-footed Booby Seabird Side View Sula sula Two Animals Wildlife World Heritage Site
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Rescued Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) chicks, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, Belize...If a Red-footed Booby chick falls out of its nest, its parents will not retrieve it. Each morning, the Belize Audubon Society residents will look for fallen chicks and rescue any that they find. Rescued chicks are placed on tree branches for part of te day sp that they become accustomed to perching on them. The chicks will fledge once they are mature.