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-The '''booby''' is a large seabird, similar to the [[gannet]]. The main differences are that boobies rest on land, and gannets at sea, and that boobies are birds of the [[tropics]] and subtropics where as gannets live near the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctic]]. They are about the size of a [[goose]]. They catch fish by diving into the sea to catch them. Boobies nest in colonies on remote islands where their chicks are safe from predators.
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-There are four species found in American waters:
-[[Image:Blue-footed booby.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Blue-footed booby]]
-*[[Blue-footed Booby]] - breeds on islands off California and [[Mexico]], but can stray to the [[Salton Sea]], [[Arizona]] and [[Texas]].
-*[[Red-footed Booby]] - a rare visitor to the [[Dry Tortugas]] and [[California]]. This, at 28 inches, is the smallest species.
-*[[Brown Booby]] - also a rare visitor to both coasts of the mainland United States, but it nests in the [[Baja California]] region.
-[[Image:Masked boobies.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Nasca boobies]]
-*[[Masked Booby]] - breeds on the Dry Tortugas but often strays to southern coasts. This is the largest of the Boobies at 32 inches in length.
-*[[Nazca Booby]] - A species of Booby similiar to Masked Boobies and native to the Galapagos. Untill recently it was believed to be the same species as the Masked Booby.
-==Source==
-*''National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America'' (National Geographic 2002)
-[[Category:birds]]

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