Diurnal Predation by a Coyote (Canis latrans jamesi) on an Adult Blue-Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) on Isla Tiburón, Gulf of California, Mexico

We report the predation by a coyote (Canis latrans jamesi) on a foraging, adult blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) during the early afternoon on 2 December 2009 on the west coast of Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The observed event took place while a flock of blue-footed and brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) was plunge-diving close to shore. The food habits of coyotes on Isla Tiburon are not known, and capture of live adult boobies by coyotes has not previously been documented in the literature.