At 12:30pm on Nov 14-2022, Lochlan Wylie et al. found an adult female Brown Booby while aboard his family’s sailboat. The Booby stayed with the vessel for 11 mins as they were off Westham Island. At 12:41pm it flew off to the NE.
Map to location he first saw it HERE
The bird was refound 2 hours later at 2:30pm by John Hall. The Brown Booby landed on his sail boat and stayed on the boat for over ten mins and he was able to obtain photos.
John Hall first saw the bird HERE before it flew off towards Galiano Island.
This is the 20th record for BC.
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| Brown Booby in Delta - Photos: Lochlan Wylie |
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| Brown Booby on John Hall’s boat off Delta, BC - Photo: John Hall |
A video of the bird taken by Lochlan Wylie can be viewed below:
Wow Lochlan! Lovely pictures well done!
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