Apr 17, 2006

Puffball

You can chalk this up under the cute category, too. Franz offered this shot of a red-footed booby, native to the Galapagos islands. This species is the smallest of the booby family. Baby birds are often ugly, but this one simply looks alien: a puff ball with a muppet face.

Thanks, Franz!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

No. No. No. This baby is INSANELY cute. Where is your sense of cuteness? I am dying from the cuteness of this baby bird.

Raging Wombat said...

I agree - very cute. But cannot a baby bird be both ugly and cute?

Anonymous said...

He reminds me of a Pokemon character. Are you sure you didn't cut and splice a baby harp seal and a cartoon face.