Blue-footed Booby - Region 5
NOTE: Some of the individuals here may be pending review by the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) or be unsubmitted. All review species listed here that have been through the review process are followed by the TBRC number and Texas Photo Record File (TPRF) number whenever possible.
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Observation reviewed from written details
Observation reviewed from written and photographic details
Photo by Greg Lasley
Blue-footed Booby - Travis Co., April 22, 1994. One exceedingly cooperative bird was seen and photographed at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, Burnet/Llano by well over 5,000 observers during its long stay there 2 June 1993 - 6 October 1994, TBRC# 1993-110, TPRF #1168). The bird, which would often rest on Marge Bryant's diving board in Granite Shoals, eventually left only to reappear at Lake Bastrop, Bastrop from 10 December 1994 - 12 April 1995. Photographs documenting this second record for Texas were published in AB 48:128, AB 48:161, and several local newspapers. Video was even shown on "The ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings".
Photo by Rex Stanford
Blue-footed Booby - Travis Co., January 13, 1994. Same bird as above taken 3 months earlier before attaining adult plumage. (TBRC# 1993-110, TPRF #1168).