FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Booby continues

[Susan Heath <sheath@xxxxxxx>]

Just got a call from Fenton Day who saw the bird around 11:00am this 
morning.  Same place.

Sue

Phoebetria@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Mike Boatwright is watching the Brown Booby at about 7:30 this 
> morning, 6 August - the bird was perched about six poles in or so from 
> the tip of the pound-net assembly just off the 'tiki bar' of the Cape 
> Henry Inn, at the end of Kwajalein Road on Fort Story. 
>
> Remember that to gain access to Fort Story as a civilian, you must 
> enter through the eastern gate (near 89th St. on the Virginia Beach 
> Oceanfront), not the gate nearer First Landing State Park entrance.  
> Your person and vehicle are subject to search, and you must have a 
> state-issued photo ID or passport with you (each person in the vehicle 
> must have one).  Driver's license is fine.  The MPs on duty usually 
> just ask you to open your hood, vehicle doors, and trunk or 
> backwindow/hatch.  They don't usually pat anyone down.  It helps to 
> indicate that the purpose of your visit includes looking at the 
> lighthouses - that's what 99.9% of visitors to Fort Story want to do, 
> and it's true that most of us pause to admire them!  When one 
> indicates that 'birding' is the sole purpose of the visit, it tends to 
> confuse the rookie MPs somewhat, if not the veterans - but veterans 
> are not always on duty. 
>
> Ned Brinkley
> Cape Charles, VA


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Susan A. Heath
George Mason University
Environmental Science Department
Fairfax, VA

Secretary, Virginia Avian Records Committee
Keeper, Virginia Comp List at www.virginiabirding.org