Please find attached an email from Ed Sigda to me, related to his observation of a Masked Booby near Baltimore Canyon today. This would be the first state record. Congratulations to Ed and Mike Fritz!! 
 
Mark Hoffman 
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Prime Hook Birding <> 
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:10:51  
To: <>; Mike & Jeanne Fritz<>; Paul Guris<>; Bill Fintel<> 
Subject: Masked Booby 
 
Mark, 
 
Mike and I were offshore yesterday and had a Masked Booby near the 50  
line just west of the Baltimore Canyon.  Unfortunately no photos were  
taken as Mike and I were up in the tower, but Mike did write up field  
notes.  Other birds were two Northern Fulmars (1 dark and 1 light), 160  
Great Shearwaters, 1 Cory's, 3 Red Phalaropes, 2 Cape May Warblers, a  
Bobolink, and about 12 deceased Northern Flickers. 
 
At one point while we were between the 40 and 50 lines we had a constant  
stream of Great Shearwaters going by us.  We counted over 80 in about 10  
minutes.  The birds were heading northwest.  This is the second time  
that we have been out there in October where we have seen the stream of  
birds like yesterday. 
 
This would have been a great weekend to have been offshore. 
 
Ed 
 
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