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20-NOV-2012 Dick Keely

Red-billed Tropicbird

Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands

The Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans. It breeds on tropical islands laying a single egg directly onto the ground or a cliff ledge. It disperses widely when not breeding, and sometimes wanders far, including an amazing record from Great Britain. One has recently been found in eastern Nova Scotia, Canada and another sighting was confirmed on Lord Howe Island near Australia in November 2010. They feed on fish and squid, but are poor swimmers. Reference: Wikipedia

Nikon D800E ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/1000s f/13.0 at 400.0mm iso500 hide exif
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Date/Time20-Nov-2012 14:43:42
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D800E
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/13
ISO Equivalent500
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance14.960 m

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Kim12-Jan-2013 20:44
Wonderful composition and capture! V
Jeff Real10-Dec-2012 00:08
This is quite amazing looking ~V~
Guest 09-Dec-2012 22:56
Nicely done. Best. J
Pete Hemington09-Dec-2012 21:41
A great capture. well framed
Sam Rua09-Dec-2012 21:34
Nice capture and a great comp.
Frank Kavanagh Photography09-Dec-2012 18:29
Perfect framing..V.
Barbara Read and Fred Schaad09-Dec-2012 17:14
Beautiful light, colour, form & lines... Voted
Guest 09-Dec-2012 17:09
What a beauty! Nice composition! V.
Walter Otto Koenig09-Dec-2012 17:05
Superb shot. Thanks for the interesting info. "V"
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography09-Dec-2012 16:28
Excellent shot, Vote !
tliu1009-Dec-2012 15:49
Wonderful image!
coaster09-Dec-2012 15:43
Great capture and thanks for the information.
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