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Brown Booby

Brown Booby (Image ID 33222)
Photographed byIan Wilson on Fri 23rd Nov, 2018 and uploaded on Thu 27th Dec, 2018 .
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ID33222
CommentThis is known as 'bill-touching' behaviour, a form of greeting when a mate returns to the nesting territory. It can also occur when a pair is close together at the site. Occasionally bill-touching leads to symbolic feeding in which a mate places the bill inside the other but without food transfer.
EquipmentCanon 5Ds+ 400 mm f/4 DO II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held.
Manual, spot metering, AI Servo AF with 4-pt expansion, f/5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 800.
Processed using DPP4 and PSE14 with Neat Image plug-in.
LocationMichaelmas Cay, Queensland
Keywordsmale, female, adult, behaviour/display
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