[obol] A MASKED BOOBY record for Oregon.

[Darrel Faxon]

Jeff,
    But not the first report.  I don't remember the details, but a while 
back, maybe as long ago as the 80's, someone reported one flying by at a 
southern coastal site.  Seems like maybe it was Cape Arago, but I'm not 
sure.
     There are now reports of all four North American boobies for Oregon. 
Again, some years back, Jane Helrich, a Neskowin birder, reported two 
Red-footed Boobies at Yaquina Bay.  They were on the first finger of rocks 
west of the bridge, and according to her report, put on quite a display of 
diving in the bay between periods of resting on the rocks.  She never 
submitted the report to the records committe, and since no other birders 
were able to re-locate the birds ( I did not find out about it until after 
dark on a Saturday night, and failed to find the birds at first light Sunday 
morning), most people never heard of the sighting.  However, her description 
of the birds, and her original drawing of them (drawn at the time of the 
sighting) left no doubt in my mind of the validity of her report.  I still 
have a copy of the drawing somewhere.  At the time, there was a Korean ship 
docked at the terminal, waiting to be loaded with a shipment of logs for 
export.  I always suspected the birds had come in on that ship.  However, my 
attempt to find further information proved fruitless.  The captain was not 
present when I visited the ship, and I was unable to communicate with the 
crew members.
    In any case, rare as they might be, boobies are certainly are something 
for which Oregon birders should be on the lookout.  One never knows....

Darrel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Gilligan" <jeffgill at teleport.com>
To: "OBOL" <OBOL at lists.orst.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: [obol] A MASKED BOOBY record for Oregon.


>
> The specimen from Multnomah County that had earlier been identified as a
> Blue-footed Booby, has been re-identified as a Masked Booby.  This is the
> first that I have seen of the photo. This is a first state record.   Jeff
> Gilligan.
>
>
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> From: Dennis Paulson <dpaulson at ups.edu>
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:28:05 -0700
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Conversation: a tale of two boobies
> Subject: [Tweeters] a tale of two boobies
>
> Hello, tweeters.
>
> It has taken us some time to get our website together, especially after we
> took a closer look at the booby that was found on the Oregon side of the 
> I-5
> bridge across the Columbia River, taken to rehabilitation where it died, 
> and
> brought to the Slater Museum and prepared.
>
> If you're interested in a little story about this bird, with photos, I
> advise a visit to the Slater Museum website at 
> http://www.ups.edu/x13725.xml
> and click on "A Tale of Two Boobies."
>
> Harry Nehls, could you please forward this to OBOL? Thanks.
>
> Dennis
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director Emeritus           phone 253-879-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History                 fax 253-879-3352
> University of Puget Sound                       e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
> 1500 N. Warner, #1088
> Tacoma, WA 98416-1088
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