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spare, so grabbed David and we jumped on the car=A0ferry with s ------=_Part_15814_17133830.1226722836533 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, Not quite! Only the Eastern Pacific subspecies of Masked Booby has been re-classified as Nazca Booby, which apparently differs by having a rosy pink bill, olive/khaki/purple legs and feet (as well as different mDNA). It breeds on the Galapagos Islands and nearby. Therefore the Long Island bird still sounds like a true Masked Booby from Carl's description. Googling images of both show that there is indeed a significant difference in bill color, with Masked being pale yellowish. However, it would be nice for Carl specifically to comment on these features if possible. Masked is more likely, since it breeds and occurs in the Caribbean and the Dry Tortugas, and occasionally is seen in winter up the eastern US coast. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:55 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > The masked booby is now called the Nazca booby (Sula granti). Cheers from > Jim in Wolfville. > > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_15814_17133830.1226722836533 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi,<br><br>Not quite! Only the Eastern Pacific subspecies of Masked Booby has been re-classified as Nazca Booby, which apparently differs by having a rosy pink bill, olive/khaki/purple legs and feet (as well as different mDNA). It breeds on the Galapagos Islands and nearby. Therefore the Long Island bird still sounds like a true Masked Booby from Carl's description. Googling images of both show that there is indeed a significant difference in bill color, with Masked being pale yellowish. However, it would be nice for Carl specifically to comment on these features if possible. Masked is more likely, since it breeds and occurs in the Caribbean and the Dry Tortugas, and occasionally is seen in winter up the eastern US coast.<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:55 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir="ltr"><jimwolford@eastlink.ca></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=""> The masked booby is now called the Nazca booby (Sula granti). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br> Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br>###################<br> ------=_Part_15814_17133830.1226722836533--
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