Freshly dead adult gannet found on South Beach of Island. It appeard to have a broken neck.
Because I saw others nearby on this same visit, my assumption was that this is a masked booby -- perhaps a juvenile? But rather than immediately tagging it, I'm asking for some identification feedback. What say you, bird experts? Masked booby? Or something else?
Dry Tortugas National Park, just north of Garden Key. 08 May 2009.
- janson jones,
http://dusttracks.com
Gannets are seabirds in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.
