Date of Award
5-1959
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Biological Science (MBioSci)
Department
Zoology
First Advisor
G. H. Lowery, Jr.
Second Advisor
H. B. Boudreaux
Third Advisor
J. H. Roberts
Abstract
During three months of the breeding season in a colony of 3500 Red-footed Boobies (Sula sula) on 45½-acre Half Moon Caye, fifty miles east of Belize, British Honduras, that species’ little-known breeding activities were investigated. Feeding flights of boobies began leaving the caye before daylight and returned in the evening until after dark. Wind direction and velocity notably affected the mode of the birds’ departure but little affected their direction. Average flight-unit size was 2.41 birds. Contrary to published accounts, the boobies were able to take flight from the ground.
Recommended Citation
Verner, Jared, "Behavior of the red-footed booby (Sulasula) in British Honduras" (1959). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 8213.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/8213
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.8213