The last few times I have been to Asuncion Island I have seen a pair of blue footed boobies. Last week I was stoked to spot 3 of them on the outer
rocks!
Then as we were about to leave the area, I saw a bird I had never seen before in the middle of the cormorants. I couldnt find it in my bird books and
a friend told me it may be a masked boobie but then another person sent me a link to a Nazca Boobie and that sure looks like an exact match to me!
Pretty cool eh! Anyone else ever seen one?
Our guests, a Swiss couple wanted to snorkel with the sea lions but the pups who are now over 3 months old have started to play around in the water a
bit at the shore so the moms & dads were very protective so we opted not to. Here is a pup with his mom on the rocks.
and here are some nursing on the beach. The pup started crying and nosing the mom and she rolled over so he could feed!
I found out that pinniped researchers brand pups when they are young to keep track of them...this one on the right has a huge #9368 on its side. I
have reported the sighting to a few different agencies.
The pups sure are cute now and struggling getting in and out of the water in big waves....lots of rock crabs now too.
some amigos were fishing at the island so we got a fishing report from them...over yonder....
sure enough within 3 minutes Adrian hooked a nice bonita...his first fish ever! He couldnt believe he caught one soooo fast!
then his girlfriend hooked one but didnt reel it in fast enough and a sealion gorfed down her fish.
We also saw more spotted seals than I have ever seen there!
this couple said this trip was much like a mini Galapagos with all the bird and mammal life we saw...hundreds of common dolphins all around us, a huge
sea turtle too & thousands of sea lions.
On the way home we passed in front of our La Bufadora Inn....it looks different from the water!
[Edited on 9-25-2017 by shari]woody with a view - 9-23-2017 at 04:35 PM
Nazca boobies. I married a Peruvian girl with a pair, but I digress!bajabuddha - 9-23-2017 at 04:38 PM
What boobies. I din't see no boobies.... where's the BEEF??
(GREAT pics, Shari!)basautter - 9-24-2017 at 06:22 AM
Thanks for sharing, but from the title I was expecting something....oh never mind........BajaBlanca - 9-24-2017 at 08:26 AM
The Inn looks so beautiful from the water! It sure has grown, eh?surfhat - 9-24-2017 at 10:44 AM
I hope the next time I have the privledge of staying at your magical Inn by the sea, that we take advantage of Juans offer to go island site seeing.
Seeing your La Bufadora from the water is special.
Can't get enough of those boobies. Sorry to take a leap from the original intentions of actual birding.
Thanks to all here, and may all of our blessings be forwarded to those suffering with the recent spate of the Ring of Fire becoming so active in
Mexico. Udo - 9-24-2017 at 12:05 PM
That was a great sales job, Shari, (on the header). freediverbrian - 9-24-2017 at 07:01 PM
Click bait nothing to see hereshari - 9-25-2017 at 06:59 AM
woe the minds of men!
so has no one ever spotted a Nazca boobie in baja? I really do want to know. Where else do blue footed Boobie BIRDS hang in Baja?bajabuddha - 9-25-2017 at 07:38 AM
We saw a bunch of blue-footed boobies down in Lopez Mateo several years back on a whale tour. The mangroves were full of 'em. 34- C's. shari - 9-25-2017 at 07:52 AM
so has no one ever spotted a Nazca boobie in baja? I really do want to know. Where else do blue footed Boobie BIRDS hang in Baja?
I've seen them in Bahia Concepcion.elgatoloco - 9-25-2017 at 08:50 AM
Saw some boobies in Cabo Wabo but they were fake. Go figure.
Have never seen a nazca or a blue foot. Did see red footed boobies in La Paz but that was years ago.
bkbend - 9-27-2017 at 09:10 AM
Look for the blue footed on the rocks at the mouth of the river in Mulege. I've also seen them in BdeLA on the rocky points beyond the entrance to
Don Juan Cove.
Happy Boobing!gueribo - 10-16-2017 at 07:18 AM
So glad to see all the wildlife thriving. Thanks for sharing!rdrrm8e - 10-16-2017 at 09:34 AM
