Re: [ONTBIRDS] Probable Brown Booby off Port Darlington (Durham)

2020-08-24 Thread Mike V.A. Burrell via ONTBIRDS
Glenn Coady reports (6:17 pm) "Brown Booby seen in the last 15 minutes diving off Bond Head but very far out - scope necessary for decent views. Still drifting eastward." Mike Burrell mike.burrell...@gmail.com Please support my birdathon for bird conservation

Re: [ONTBIRDS] Probable Brown Booby off Port Darlington (Durham)

2020-08-24 Thread Mike V.A. Burrell via ONTBIRDS
John Brett is reporting (4:35 pm) that he had a bird consistent with an adult Brown Booby flying out from Port of Newcastle making its way east out of sight, diving like a gannet. He suggests checking further east. On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 4:05 PM Mike V.A. Burrell wrote: > Brendan Boyd just

[ONTBIRDS] Probable Brown Booby off Port Darlington (Durham)

2020-08-24 Thread Mike V.A. Burrell via ONTBIRDS
Brendan Boyd just (August 24) emailed me the following: "I’m on a boat about 1km off shore from Port Darlington and had (presumably) a juv brown booby fly past. Initially thought was a gannet, but seemed smallish and overall brown without any sort of spotting. Underwing also brown without black