Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:55:27 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Re: Booby hysteria MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Marshall for clearing up the issue. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Iliff To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:35 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Booby hysteria >MDOspreyers, > >I was going to let this whole booby thing pass without comment, but >Paul's recent post prompts me to ask: Why in the _WORLD_ was this >"Blue-footed Booby" not a young gannet. The observer, by his own >admission is not experienced, but furthermore at least two elements of >the description strike >me as inconsistent with Blue-footed Booby. First, as I recall, gannets >have blue eyes, Blue-footed Boobies have whitish eyes. Second, I don't >expect "dull blue" feet to match Blue-footed at all, but I do think it >could match a >young gannet in its second or third year (SY/TY). Streaked head could >apply to either. > >Furthermore, Blue-footed Booby is unknown in the Atlantic Basin to my >knowledge, short of a report from the Texas coast (I think). There certainly >has never been one anywhere near DE (there is a Georgia rpeort from >some time >ago, but I think that is not to be believed either). > >I'd love to find out that this bird was a Blue-footed Booby, but I have >to say I am truly amazed with how the birding community has embraced >this outlandish report. That said, I encourage all MDOspreyers to head >to Ocean City this weekend because Maryland's first Brown Booby is long >overdue. > >Best, > >Marshall Iliff >miliff@aol.com >Irvine, CA (formerly Annapolis, MD) > > > >> In addition to the BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY reported from Delaware this past >> week, which I presume to be of ill health given it's behavior, >> there's now a report of a sick juv. BROWN BOOBY that was picked up on >> the beach in North Carolina. As they say, 2 data points is enough >> for a trend for us non-statisticians, so perhaps there's something >> afoot and worth keeping an eye out. >> >> Good birding, >> Paul Pisano >> cheep@erols.com >> Arlington, VA >> > > > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================