Red-footed Booby in southern France, inland lake

Went for the day in southern France to see the local Red-footed Booby, present since last Friday. It was staying on water far from the shore almost the whole day, so we decided to rent a kayak and sailed down to one meter of the bird.
Just before we left, Markku Santamaa arrived, and saw the bird as it just perched on near some boats.


We were close enough for me to take some close shots of the bird's eye


By looking carefully in the eye, you can distinguish three slihouettes, which are just those of the three sailers on the boat !! Julien Birard, Karsten Schmale and myself. Jean-Pierre Delapré stayed on shore.


A more usual shot of the booby, close by


Slightly further