Having just seen some pictures (kindly forwarded by Dianne Taggart), I can concur with Bob Adamo and others regarding the identification. The booby has wonderful vivid yellow feet and uniform chocolate brown plumage, lacking the fine spotting of a similarly-aged Northern Gannet. It also has a blue rather than blackish bill. I imagine the photos will be available on Dianne's excellent www.libirding.com web site in the near future.
It is interesting to note that Doug Gochfeld and others watched a likely BROWN BOOBY fly south past the Avalon Seawatch near Cape May, New Jersey on Wednesday (29 Sep). Doug even managed to capture some valuable video footage using his binoculars as a lens - remarkable! You can see the clip here. http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/ Does the recent airflow from the south explain the arrival of these ostensibly tropical sulids? -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
