Mary Ellen was among the bird enthusiasts who gathered on the beach between the Curley Community Center and Carson Beach today for a chance to photograph the brown booby that decided to head north for some time in the Hub.
The booby in action - look at that neck go:
Mary Ellen adds that some of the local tough gulls, apparently tired of dive bombing for fries at Sullivan's, tried chasing the booby off but he was having none of it - after doing some fishing for lunch, the booby returned to its newfound perch.
Booby seems to be warning the gulls they won't like him when he's mad:
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Boobies
By ScottB
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 5:52pm
Not just found in the Combat Zone anymore.
L Street Brownies
By Sator
Sun, 07/14/2024 - 11:33am
Brown Boobies were incredibly uncommon on South Boston beaches 50 years ago, but we had polar bears!
Magoo sez
By MisterMagooForYoo
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 6:10pm
Magoo’s life list just increased by one! Magoo.
Wow!
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 6:32pm
Impressive job, Mary Ellen!
It was a fun joke when my birdwatching son drew boobies (blue-footed ones) and Great Tits (the bird kind) all over his high school book covers. I'll have to let him know that this unusual guest has landed in our urban spaces!
Principal Skinner
By Will LaTulippe
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 9:36pm
"It has nasty plans for the booby, the titmouse, the woodcock, and the titpecker."
Nice pun!
By Lee
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 7:15pm
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Whoa, Brown Booby!
By Ram Jam
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 10:58pm
Bambalam
Seriously, we need to talk about getting...
By That's nice
Sat, 07/13/2024 - 7:59pm
..."Adorable!" back in the rotation!
You're a treasure, Mary Ellen
By Reggae Ambassador
Sun, 07/14/2024 - 6:11am
Thanks, as always, for the great photos.
We were driving by yesterday
By Dre
Sun, 07/14/2024 - 10:48am
We were driving by yesterday and were stymied by the amount of people walking and looking at their phones. Figured it was a pokemon go meet up lol, this makes much more sense. Why were they all looking at their phones though?
Bird-sighting apps?
By adamg
Sun, 07/14/2024 - 11:44am
Maybe looking for the latest reports from people who had seen the booby, such as eBird?
There was a Pokemon Go event
By ScottB
Mon, 07/15/2024 - 9:21am
Saturday & Sunday so that probably is what you saw... if it was at Moakley Pahk.
Ironically
By ScottB
Mon, 07/15/2024 - 9:22am
There's a fair bit of similarity between Pokemon Go and birding...
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