Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

Here is a juvenile brown booby flying low over water at a Caribbean port.

"Like many seabirds, Brown Boobies have a serrated, comblike toenail on their middle toe called a “preen-claw.” Boobies use it, along with their bill, to spread waterproofing oil from a gland in the tail throughout the feathers when preening. " - allaboutbirds.org

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