RARE bird alert: Tropical brown booby makes first Nebraska appearance

[Omaha Steve]

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A brown booby, a bird normally found in the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean near the Caribbean, was spotted at a lake south of Bellevue in late June.


POSTED: MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 12:30 AM
By Marjie Ducey / World-Herald staff writer

The Bergeron family has been having all kinds of fun with brown booby jokes since spotting the seabird at Hanson Lake No. 2.

It’s the first time this member of the Sulidae family has been seen in Nebraska, according to members of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. The brown booby is normally found in the Pacific Ocean or in the Atlantic Ocean near the Caribbean.

Joan Bergeron said they’ve made up all kinds of jokes since daughter Laura spotted the big bird while canoeing on the lake where the family lives south of Bellevue.

“Brown booby” sounds a lot more fun than its Latin name, Sula leucogaster.

FULL story at top link.

Lake link: http://www.hansonlake.com/

[postulater]

1. Hope it finds food and a way home.