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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0114_01C94687.F105FAC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Carl=20 Wow, congrats to you and David Tudor... Was it still in the Balancing = rock area where you finally found the booby late this afternoon? And is = it a new record for Nova Scotia? Maybe Ian McLaren, Lance L. or = someone else could enlighten us further on this bird? Many thanks, liz = ................ Answer is:" MASKED BOOBY" Late this afternoon, my phone rang and a friend who I had talked to = earlier found the bird. He was hunting for woodcock. I had only a minute = to spare, so grabbed David [Tudor] and we jumped on the car ferry with = seconds to spare. We met up with my friend and he led us 300 meters into = the woods, very near the original siting. The bird was sitting on the = ground. I at first thought it was a gannet but noticed it was smaller = and that it had no yellow on the head. Dark bluish around the eyes. It = was very alert. I grabbed it by the beak before it beaked me, and = wrapped it up in my oil jacket. We carried it out to the truck. My = instinct was to release it as soon as possible, so we took it to Flour = Cove and put it in the water. It paddled away looking very content. No = doubt it was an adult Masked Booby. The black tail and yellowish bill = were also a giveaway. My brain said Gannet, and I thought I was looking = for a blue footed booby, but my senses kicked in and looked at the field = marks. Perserverence sometimes pay off. I am most happy for David because he = was distraught at reporting the sighting and that so many people were = searching for it to no avail. He will sleep good tonight. Alas, because I was in such a rush, no camera. Sorry. The bonus was 19 very noisy harlequin ducks at Flour Cove where we = released the Booby. Quite a day, Carl Haycock Westport, Brier island ------=_NextPart_000_0114_01C94687.F105FAC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16735" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi Carl </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Wow, congrats to you and David Tudor... Was it=20 still in the Balancing rock area where you finally found the = booby=20 late this afternoon? And is it a new record for Nova = Scotia? =20 Maybe Ian McLaren, Lance L. or someone else could enlighten = us=20 further on this bird? Many thanks, liz </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Answer is:" MASKED BOOBY"</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Late this afternoon, my phone rang and = a friend who=20 I had talked to earlier found the bird. He was hunting for woodcock. I = had only=20 a minute to spare, so grabbed David [Tudor] and we jumped on the=20 car ferry with seconds to spare. We met up with my friend and he = led us 300=20 meters into the woods, very near the original siting. The bird was = sitting on=20 the ground. I at first thought it was a gannet but noticed it was = smaller and=20 that it had no yellow on the head. Dark bluish around the eyes. It = was very=20 alert. I grabbed it by the beak before it beaked me, and wrapped it up = in my oil=20 jacket. We carried it out to the truck. My instinct was to release it as = soon as=20 possible, so we took it to Flour Cove and put it in the water. It = paddled away=20 looking very content. No doubt it was an adult Masked Booby. The = black tail=20 and yellowish bill were also a giveaway. My brain said Gannet, and I = thought I=20 was looking for a blue footed booby, but my senses kicked in and looked = at the=20 field marks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perserverence sometimes pay off. I am = most happy=20 for David because he was distraught at reporting the sighting and that = so many=20 people were searching for it to no avail. He will sleep good=20 tonight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alas, because I was in such a rush, no = camera.=20 Sorry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bonus was 19 very = noisy harlequin ducks at=20 Flour Cove where we released the Booby.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Quite a day,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carl Haycock</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Westport, Brier island</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0114_01C94687.F105FAC0--
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