Today was a good day of work. We got a lot of spraying done. We got off 2 hours early today as federal employees. It was fairly nice out today so Matt and I went swimming at cargo pier. There were lots of turtles over there today. I'm off now to go play volleyball.
A booby and a juvenile frigatebird are on the pier on Eastern Island. These two are like the sheep dog and the wolf on Bugs Bunny. The booby will go out and catch some food then the frigate bird will harass it until it gives up its lunch and will then steal it. Then they go back and sit together.
A Laysan albatross with a hybrid between a Laysan and black-footed albatross.
3 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving Pete!
Hi Pete! Had to check out your blog again.
I'm curious to know if the hybrid mates and has fertile offspring. (I know, I'm a dorky biologist, but so are you.) Let me know!
Miss you and the birds!
Hey Wendy,
There is a hybrid sitting on a nest. I asked Mark Romano if they are fertile. He says he's not sure. We'd have to do genetic testing to figure that out, because even if that one hatches, you can't be 100% sure that it's the parent.
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