Île de Loop - Island hopping part 1 aka the post with the nice boobies

Having to mark those pain-in-the-arse assignments means that I have to look for something else to amuse myself while I'm at it. And also because I spoke with Ivan of Recent Runes' 'fame' last night that I'll put up more pictures soon.

Pictures are from the 16th of October, first day I've stepped on land since the 3rd. So you can imagine how very happy I was.


In case you were wondering, no, your computer screen has not suddenly gone dusty. It's the sheer amount of avian life on the island as seen from the boat. On our initial approach to the island, we found ourselves downwind of the island. Needless to say, the pong of bird guano had us sit up and covering our nasal orifices. But we got used to it in a jiffy and spent a couple of hours happily wandering around the island, beach combing for dead birds, shells, feathers and taking pictures of unsuspecting bird families. The little ones look so cute in their puffy down feathers!



This was a prize find. A whole dead bird! With feathers and bones intact! Woohoo!


More birds.. live ones.




A family unit of Masked boobies Sula dactylatra



Red-foot boobies Sula sula



Sula sula in flight
Last two pictures taken by MCB

That's all.. gotta get back to work now. Will refine this post when I've sorted out the names of the birds.

Want more? head to my flickr set.

Enjoy yerselves!