whoffman at pioneer.net wrote:
>
> These are wonderful images. The bird is clearly an adult. The nearest
> nesting population is in the Sea of Cortez, Baja, and islands off the
> west coast of Mexico, but these (ssp. brewsteri) have paler crowns.
> this individual is not brewsteri, and therefore comes from farther away
> - Hawaii? Central America?
>
> Mike Patterson wrote:
> >
> > A Brown Booby was among the species seen yesterday
> > on the Westport Washington pelagic trip
> >
> > Ryan Shaw wrote:
> > >
> > > Digital images grabbed from Bill Tweit's camcorder have been placed on
> > > Westportseabirds homepage.
> > > The bird appears to be a female, therefore probably can't be placed to race,
> > > so disregard my notion of it not being Brewsteri.
> > > More Photos will be placed on the site once slides taken by myself and
> > > Michael Donahue have been developed, and scanned.
> > >
> > > http://www.westportseabirds.com
> > >
> > > Cheers and Good Birding!
> > >
> > > Ryan Shaw
> > >
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> > --
> > Mike Patterson
> > Astoria, OR
> > celata at pacifier.com
> >
> > A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
> > hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
> > that amazes those with ears who hear not.
> >
> > -Neltje Blanchan
> >
> > http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html