Rare visitor

Credit: Andrew Reed©WHOI

A Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) rests on the bow of the R/V Neil Armstrong. This is a bird that is rarely found north of the Caribbean, and is an extreme rarity as far north as the Pioneer Array. Brown boobys feed on flying fish, and this bird may have been looking for its favorite prey in the vicinity of a warm water eddy that is currently positioned just offshore of the New England shelf.  Description by Peter Duley, WHOI.