Blue-footed booby!

I've really enjoyed stitching up my little avian tributes (like the red pileated woodpecker, the black capped chickadee, and the little owl). I originally planned to focus my stitching on our local, Hudson Valley birds. But recently I was introduced to the blue-footed booby, and now I've decided to make a little detour to the Galapagos Islands, where the blue-footed booby lives.

After watching this video, I was convinced that the blue-footed booby is highly stitch-worthy:

I made the blue-footed booby as a bookmark; he's a gift for a friend.

Here's a close-up of my booby (come on! you had to know that was coming):

Since the booby is such a serious romantic, I thought it would be fitting to include some love song lyrics on this piece. I chose Louis Armstrong's "We have all the time in the world," because the friend I'm giving this to chose it as his wedding song.

We have all the time in the world

Time enough for life to unfold

All the precious things love has in store

We have all the love in the world

If that's all we have, you will find

We need nothing more

Every step of the way will find us

With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world

Just for love

Nothing more, nothing less

Only love

Every step of the way will find us

With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world

Just for love

Nothing more, nothing less

Only love

Only love

Isn't the blue-footed booby so much fun? Which little birdy should I turn my attention to next?