Blue-Footed Booby Enamel Pin
Blue-Footed Booby Enamel Pin
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For the person who appreciates a bird with excellent feet and an objectively funny name.
The Blue-Footed Booby Enamel Pin features the real seabird known for its bright blue feet and ridiculous common name — a tiny piece of bird-nerd humor for jackets, totes, hats, or pin boards.
Details
- Approximately 1"
- Enamel pin
- Gold-tone metal finish
- Metal clutch backing
- Original full-color illustration
- Packaged on a branded backing card
- Designed in Georgetown, Texas
Nature Nerd Note
Nature Nerd Note
Yes, the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a real seabird, and those bright blue feet are doing actual work. During courtship, males lift and display their feet in an exaggerated strut, and brighter blue feet can signal better condition and help attract mates.
Design Story
Design Story
The joke was basically handed to me by nature. “Blue-footed booby” is the real common name, so this design gets to be both a genuinely fascinating bird and an excuse to laugh at the word booby. That mix of real biology + mildly immature humor is exactly the point.
