Date: 8/6/25 8:09 pm From: Paul Hurtado <paul.j.hurtado...> Subject: [BIRDWG01] Lake Tahoe Booby ID
An immature Cocos/Brown Booby has been delighting birders at beaches in South Lake Tahoe over the past few days (it has yet to be confirmed in NV waters). It was first reported by Denise Belisle on 1 August.
It's being reported as Cocos, due to the location. Thoughts on this?
I'm not sure the CBRC will review it, given that they show up on the coast, unless it flies over to NV in which case we'd definitely review it (it would be the 4th state record of Cocos Booby, and the first Brown Booby for Nevada).
I wanted to pass along eBird checklist with various photos of the bird, just in case it's older than I think, and in case it might actually identifiable to species (as I understand it, it is not).
