Red-tailed Tropicbird


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Tropicbird with chick Mainly they are afraid of are the Fregate birds, but I'm not sure any Frigate birds inhabit the island of Lady Elliot.
Tropicbird chick, some weeks old
This chick was found unattended by it's parents, so I think it was now too large for predators, so both parents could go for food.
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