Blue Footed Booby and more on Puerto Vallarta

Friends, Alex and Nancy Miller, are visiting us this week. While on a trip to Mismaloya, a beach where the movie, The Night of the Iguana, was filmed, a blue footed booby landed on the sand in front of us. My understanding is that half of the blue footed booby population resides in the Galapagos with the rest of them on the California, Mexico, and Northern South American coasts. I believe that they are quite rare. Well, as expected, Nancy and I became very excited at the siting and took a slew of pictures.

BF booby males show their feet to the females as part of a mating ritual. The female usually selects the male with the bluest feet.

The Night of the Iguana first brought attention to the sleepy little town of PV. Richard Burton carried on an "ellicit" affair with Elizabeth Taylor while filming the movie. The media flocked here and put the city on the map. Both Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton owned homes here as well as the movie's director, John Houston.

Tomorrow we are going on an excursion to Quimixto beach. Here, we will mount horses and ride to a waterfall. Later in the day we will snorkel, swim and eat lunch on a private beach. It should be fun!