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SAILING EXPLORATIONS & ADVENTURES

Posted on March 30, 2017July 25, 2017 by sailraynad@gmail.com

TAHAENA ATOLL Gallery – A magical wonderland in the Tuomotu

Natural beauty of white sands and driftwood

Masked Booby on the nest

Magnificent Masked Booby

White sands of the motu

Tern eggs are laid on branches with the colors providing camouflage

Dainty Fairy Terns

Motu vista -Tahaena

Booby egg found in a tree

Red-Footed Booby in flight

Rare Tuomotu Sandpiper (banded)

Tuomotu Sandpiper

Ferry Tern parents hover overhead

Fairy Tern protecting her egg

Fairy Tern egg camouflaged on a tree branch

Oh- when will I be able to fly?

Crab art

Colorful crabs

Sooty Tern parent on watch

Sooty Tern chick

A very vocal chick

Sooty Tern egg in the bushes

Sooty Tern eggs in a bush

Angry chick? Sooty Tern

Stoic

Masked Booby chick nearly full grown

Crabs in a tree!

View out over the reef

This bird mates in Alaska!!

Tern check

Kris drags the skiff ashore

Coconuts anyone?

Random art -coral, bones and feathers

Amazing colors and contrast

Breaking free

Nesting booby

Raw nature – so beautiful

Booby nest on the sands

Starting the break out

Turquoise water/white sand

Brown Booby with chick

Booby chick

Motu beauty

Masked Booby hen with chick

Beaching the dingy to explore

Masked Booby with chick

Motu vista

Masked Booby Chick

Oops-what’s wrong with this view!?!

Our neighbors sv Petufa

Chistian & Birgit come for happy hour

Our favorite motu

Mom & Chick nearly -look who is bigger!

Molting Masked Booby chick

Beautiful reefs and clear water

Nature’s artwork

Raynad in crystal waters

Nature as art

Masked Booby hen on nest

Scouting the motu for nests, eggs and birds

Red-Footed Booby on nest in tree

Kris and John spend hours walking the motu

Newly hatched Booby chick with sibling egg

New chick tried to head out!

Raynad anchored among turquoise waters and white sands

Red Footed Booby on nest

Natural art

Nature’s camouflage

Clear water for snorkeling

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