Abbott's Booby - Doug Whitman
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Rail Trail and booby colony overlooks
Rota, Northern Mariana Islands
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Map Coordinates: 14.157725, 145.27401
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Whew! Photos from both DW and RS. Slightly before 10:00, from around the second overlook from the cliffs overlooking the booby colony on rail trail. Large black and white booby came up over a cliff to our west. Direct comparison next to Red-footed Boobies showed long, exaggerated gangly appearance. Entirely black dorsal sides to wings, white back, black tail, and a bright pink bill with black tip and some black around the eye. Circled a few times, was briefly harassed by a Great Frigatebird, then vanished back over cliff to our west.

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