Co birders, A brown booby was recently seen in Eastern Nebraska. See below for details. Definitely falls into the anything is possible category.
David Ely Salem, MA Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Date: July 3, 2014 at 6:33:36 PM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fwd: [NEBirds] More Sarpy Co. BROWN BOOBY Info > > > > > > From: "Justin Rink [email protected] [NEBirds]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 6:06:00 PM > Subject: [NEBirds] More Sarpy Co. BROWN BOOBY Info > > Yesterday I received an email from Dan Cassidy who works at Henry Doorly > Zoo in Omaha. He later sent some photos taken at Hansen Lakes by a friend of > his. The four photos clearly showed an adult male BROWN BOOBY of nominate > Atlantic race leucogaster sitting on a boat covered by a tarp. > After talking to this friend of his named Joan on the phone I discovered > that the bird was observed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. She thought it was > odd and took photos on Sunday. She then subsequently showed them to Dan and > other zoo personnel. > > The photos do not show any sign of a band, and Joan mentioned that she > observed the bird several times diving and catching fish. > > The closest this species has come to Nebraska is southern Arkansas (adult > female). There are NO records for the Midwest or western Great Lakes region. > An adult female was observed at Niagra, New York on October 13, 2013. > Another bird was apparently observed an documented in inland North Carolina > close to the Virginia border. This bird is an occasional visitor to the warm > waters off of southern Florida and the Gulf Stream. A few coastal Texas > records also exist The Atlantic race breeds as close to the U.S. as the > Caribbean. The western subspecies is sometimes observed in Arizona and > California, and nests on an island just south of San Diego in Baja California > Norte, Mexico. > > If accepted this will constitute the first Sulid for the state of Nebraska. > Thanks to Dan Cassidy for alerting me to this. > > Good birding. > > Justin Rink > Midtown, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE > [email protected] > > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: Justin Rink <[email protected]> > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • > Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) > VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 1 New Photos 3 > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > . > > > __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/FB855EFD-8B69-496D-93AE-EA9DEFCD3C4B%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
