Boobies are silly-looking seabirds that are very numerous in the Galápagos. There are three species: blue-footed boobies, red-footed boobies, and Nazca boobies.

Courting Nazca boobies.

A Nazca booby standing on a dead chick. Nazca boobies generally lay two eggs, but only bother raising the one that hatches first, leaving the other on its own.

A Nazca booby chick.

Nazca booby mother and chick.

Mating Nazca boobies.

Nazca boobies on a rock.

Two nesting red-footed boobies. These are the only species in the Galapagos that nest in trees.

A booby in flight.

A Nazca booby in flight.

A blue-footed booby.

A young blue-footed booby.

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