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--Boundary_(ID_j5/KvUMdkzv89Q8dL7ZiFg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT The masked booby is now called the Nazca booby (Sula granti). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Carl Haycock <foggy@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: November 14, 2008 5:47:18 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Booby mystery solved! > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Answer is:" MASKED BOOBY" > > David Tudor(who first saw the bird last night and reported it to > me) and I spent 4 hours this morning searching the road ditches and > fields where he first saw the bird on Long Island last night. > Clarence Stevens, Fulton Lavender and another birder met up with us > and we all searched. I alerted several locals who thought we were > looking for a dead deer. I even had my Bernese Mountain Dog > sniffing for the bird. > > Alas, at noon we gave up, and David was very disappointed. We went > home. > > 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 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 > --Boundary_(ID_j5/KvUMdkzv89Q8dL7ZiFg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> The masked booby is now called the Nazca booby (Sula granti). =A0Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Carl Haycock <<a = href=3D"mailto:foggy@ns.sympatico.ca">foggy@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">November 14, 2008 5:47:18 PM AST</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Booby mystery = solved!</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">Answer is:" MASKED BOOBY"</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial"= size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">David = Tudor(who first saw the bird last night and reported it to me) and I = spent 4 hours this morning searching the road ditches and fields where = he first saw the bird on Long Island last night.=A0Clarence Stevens, = Fulton Lavender and another birder met up with us and we all searched.=A0I= alerted several locals who thought we were looking for a dead deer. I = even had my Bernese Mountain Dog sniffing for the = bird.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Alas, at = noon we gave up, and David was very disappointed.=A0We went = home.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">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 and we jumped on the car=A0ferry with s