Brown Booby (Atlantic) - Andre Yarborough
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1 Harem Otogarı, İstanbul, TR (41.012, 29.009)
İstanbul, Türkiye
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Map Coordinates: 41.0116797, 29.0093069
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Observation details

The bird was spotted incidentally. I was actually going out to see yelkouan shearwater. From inside the Harem-Sirkeci ferry I saw a group of more than at least 50 common seagulls circling. At that particular spot it's not common. After a few minutes I noticed a crow below them. It seemed they were following the crows lead to attack something. Knowing that crows often harass hawks I looked for one but instead spotted the booby. When I first saw it, it was going away from me so I only saw the wing shape and brown color. Later it turned and I saw its distinctive beak. I took several videos but I was disappointed with quality. I was going to go down from the top deck of the ferry to get closer when the seagulls chased it away and I lost sight of it behind a ship. Later I saw them moving in the direction of Haydarpaşa

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