![Abbott's Booby at the Bird Rescue Centre. [0116]](aussiePlaces/christmasisWA/fulls/birds/09-0F3A0116.jpg "Juvenile Abbott's Booby")
Gemini said "since Abbott's Boobies are endangered and typically spend their lives in the highest branches of the rainforest canopy, seeing one at eye level is a rare experience. Because they take a very long time-about 15 to 18 months-to reach independence, you were able to see this bird in its transitional juvenile plumage" even though it was in the Rescue Centre!0116]