Date:         Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:13:38 -0400
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From:         Gail Mackiernan <gail@MDSG.UMD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Booby hysteria
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There was also a Blue-footed Booby resident for some time on an inland lake in Texas, in the early '90s I believe...

Have seen both Brown and Masked Booby off North Carolina, I agree we are due for one of these in Maryland some year!

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD



On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Walter Ellison wrote:

> Excellent points Marshall. I also recalled that the Blue-foot is a 
> eastern Pacific Ocean endemic. For what its worth I just checked my 
> "Checklist of the Birds of Texas" - there was a Blue-footed Booby 
> photographed on South Padre Island on 5 October 1976. Your memory 
> served you well.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Walter Ellison
> MD/DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS
> 23460 Clarissa Rd
> Chestertown, MD 21620-3645
> 410-778-9568
> rossgull@crosslink.net
>
> "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast." - E. 
> B. White
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marshall Iliff" <Miliff@AOL.COM>
> To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
> Sent: 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)
>
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