Cook Strait Charters skipper Jonathan Delich has just reported that this Brown Booby landed on his boat today south of Mana Island.
He says it stayed on the boat for a couple of hours and then when they got back to Seaview marina in Lower Hutt it hopped onto the wharf for a bit and then took off, flying back out to sea - so keep an eye out for it in the Wellington harbour area!
Brown Booby, Wellington
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Brown Booby, Wellington
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Re: Brown Booby, Wellington
There has now been a second-hand report via Facebook of a Brown Booby seen from a boat 14 miles off Timaru on 16th March.
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Re: Brown Booby, Wellington
Michael Lawry reports via Facebook seeing this Brown Booby at Muriwai on 5th March - but please note that there is still no public access to the gannet colony there.
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