Rare encounter

[Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem]

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
Canon EOS 7D EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
ƒ/8.0 1/2500 ISO 400 Canon EF 70–200mm lens

For the last five year i was part of the Tubbataha Seabirds Research Team and i've been longing to see this bird. After 20 years the Masked Booby is back in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. It's one one of the rare seabirds breeding in the country particularly in Tubbataha (Kennedy recorded 150 bird breeding in 19982).


Masked Booby by Godfrey Jakosalem, on Flickr

[Romy Ocon]

Very interesting looking bird nicely captured, Godo!

[Bobby Kintanar]

Another great shot, Godoski! Funny looking bird :-)

[Tateo Osawa]

Nice capture Godo !! Funny face but looks beautiful.

[tina mallari]

Really Nice Godo :-)

[Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem]

Thanks guys! It was a happy moment for us when we saw this bird.