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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_agH9JD6PPNcyFkdKgkcCow) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Well done Carl and David :) On a side note, if the bird beaches again and can be brought to me, Id be happy to take and assess it. It may be thin from its epic journey and need a few days of R&R and fish before its return. We do have a 1000 gal swim tank too so it would be comfortable :) Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Truro, NS 893-0253 -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Carl Haycock Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:47 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Booby mystery solved! 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_agH9JD6PPNcyFkdKgkcCow) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16735" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well done Carl and David :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>On a side note, if the bird beaches again and can be brought to me, Id be happy to take and assess it. It may be thin from its epic journey and need a few days of R&R and fish before its return. We do have a 1000 gal swim tank too so it would be comfortable :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Helene</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Helene Van Doninck DVM</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Truro, NS</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=781151711-16112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>893-0253</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Carl Haycock<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 14, 2008 5:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Booby mystery solved!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Answer is:" MASKED BOOBY"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=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. 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alas, at noon we gave up, and David was very disappointed. We went home.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=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 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alas, because I was in such a rush, no camera. Sorry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bonus was 19 very noisy harlequin ducks at Flour Cove where we released the Booby.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quite a day,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Haycock</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Westport, Brier island</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_agH9JD6PPNcyFkdKgkcCow)--
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