A Brown Booby, a seabird of tropical waters, was found immobile at Ogden Point in Victoria. It has been taken to the SPCA Wild Arc rehab facility. Photo courtesy Facebook/June Pigeon.
UPDATE: The rare brown booby has died.
SPCA Wild ARC said in an email that “her health heavily declined over the weekend as a result of her severe state of emaciation. Our solace is that she is no longer suffering.”
Tube feeding, antibiotics and pain relief were not enough to reverse the bird’s desperate condition.
Original story below:
A bird rarely spotted on Vancouver Island was found injured at Ogden Point in Victoria Monday.
B.C. rare bird alert says an adult Brown Booby, a seabird of tropical waters, was seen around 1 p.m. at Ogden Point.
June Pigeon then saw the bird at the same site and noticed it was immobile and shivering.
The SPCA was called and the bird was taken to its Wild Arc rehab facility.
READ MORE: Rare Brown Booby found in Victoria in critical condition
A Brown Booby is said to range as far north as the Gulf of California, and rarely to both coasts of the United States.
It feeds by plunging into the sea, sometimes for 20-metres.
With files from the Canadian Press
Andy Neal
