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["Bruno, Rexanne" <bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hadn't been online for two days until mid-afternoon yesterday.  I saw the 
report of the Brown Booby at Ft Story (just a few miles down the road from 
where I am in Virginia Beach) and rushed out to try to see it.  I arrived 
between 3:30 and 4 pm (I must have just missed you, Adam).  Everyone's 
directions on VA-Bird were very helpful (you can actually take the boardwalk to 
the Tiki Bar from the Cape Henry Inn or the Ft Story Club - I think it may be a 
shorter walk and definitely closer parking from the club).  I scanned the 
pilings and located the bird among the pelicans and cormorants on the far 
right.  Like Brenda, I noted the yellow feet, brown upperparts and lighter 
belly.   The bill just looked gray to me but the light conditions worsened 
while I was there.  I thought it looked about the same size as the cormorants.  
By 4:30 pm the viewing was getting difficult as the sun was reflecting off the 
water around the pilings.

 

It was an unexpected life-bird on a Sunday afternoon!

 

 

Rexanne Bruno

Lynchburg, VA