Hi all,
First, a big thanks to Jim Marcum for letting us know where the Brown Booby
was this morning and saving us from scouring the lake searching for it. If
anyone is looking for the bird tomorrow, I wanted to point out that it was
not easily viewable from the dam area for most of the early afternoon
today. The better vantage today was from the nearby North Bend Park. From
the day use swimming area at these coordinates, it spent the majority of
the day perched on a buoy straight out (but quite distant...you need a
scope). The bird would fly around for 5-15 minutes, sometimes disappearing
around the bend towards the dam, but seemed to return to the same buoy
every time for most of the middle of the day. It was still in the same
vicinity through at least 4pm today. The bird seemed to never stay perched
for more than 20 minutes at a time before flying around, so keep an eye out
for it on the wing. Despite all of its flights today, we did not see it
dive or feed at all in several hours.
Coordinates: 36.584433, -78.308849
Good luck!
Frank
