Long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) feeding on a bait ball with gulls and boobies, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, North America

Long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) feeding on a bait ball with gulls and boobies, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, North America

Long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) feeding on a bait ball with gulls and boobies, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, North America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) feeding on halfbeak, and defending its catch against a frigatebird, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) newly hatched chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) being attacked in flight by a great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in the Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) feeding chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) returning to the nest site with nest building material in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) with downy chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) downy chick stretching its wings to gather strength for flight in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), on a small islet near Isla Salsipuedes, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Blue-footed Booby bird feeds juvenile on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) mother feeding chick by regurgitation, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) feeding on halfbeak in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) chick calling for food from a parent in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Boobies feeding at dusk and Dois Irmaos, Fernando de Noronha national marine sanctuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) feeding downy chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Peruvian booby feeding chick, Pescadores guano island Peru