Red-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird flying over the blue ocean water.
Red-tailed Tropicbird, Japanese Fishing Shrine, Honolulu, HI February 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/1000 sec; +0.3 Exposure Bias.

This page is for the Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda). We stopped to see the Japanese Fishing Shrine and saw a few of these birds flying over the water nearby. I love the two long tailfeathers from which the bird gets its name.

Red-tailed Tropicbird flying over the blue ocean water.
Red-tailed Tropicbird, Makupuu Point, Honolulu, HI February 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/1000 sec; +0.3 Exposure Bias.