Just to add to Phil Davis' last post.  I got decent  views of the bird as 
it headed south at a fast pace.  Making it hard  for me to explain to the 
others exactly where it was.    Here are more details on the Booby.  At 11:20 I 
spotted  a Booby like bird Coming in fast from the north. I alerted Phil 
and Mike of  the bird. While the others looked for it I tried my best to give  
directions to where the bird was and at the same time take mental notes of  
the sulid as it passed me.  
 
The first thing I noticed about it is that the  upper-parts of the bird 
were all dark brown with no signs of white near the  tail.  Tail was noticeably 
 longer then the N.  Gannet  .  the underside was a lighter brown with 
light  yellow feet. The neck was darker brown and beak was gray. 
Another thing I noticed is that while in flight  it was flapping it's wings 
most of the time and I only saw it  take  two short glides unlike the 
Gannet who glides longer and more  often.   
 
When Mike found the bird it  passed us and was still  moving fast. I took 
my eyes off the  bird to answer a question to  one of the many passers-by who 
wondered what we where doing. After  answering the questions Phil had the 
bird and soon after lost it.  After  the bird was gone I took notes and drew 
a sketch of the Brown  Booby.   I stayed for another 2 hours in hopes of 
seeing it again  but with no luck and since I had to go feed and handle the 
birds of prey at  Shad Landing SP I decided  to leave.   After reviewing all  
my findings at home ( looking at my notes, sketch,  2 bird books,  National 
Geo, and Sibley, and the pictures that Frode Jacobsen took of the Brown  
Booby)    I can safely say that I saw the  Assateague Brown Booby.  ( not a 
lifer but a MD first for  me )  
                                                                            
                                                    Birding  forever
                                                                            
                                                   Jennifer Elmer  
                                                                            
                                                 Pocomoke City  MD   
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