33RD REPORT OF THE CBRC: 2007 RECORDS 
2007 (AKf, SK, DWet; 2007-215). It was taken to the International Bird Rescue 
and Research Center in San Pedro, rehabilitated, then banded and released on the 
west side of Santa Catalina I. 9 Oct 2007 (fide KLG). 
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY Sula nebouxii (91, 2). Following the “mini invasion” of 
this species to the Salton Sea in 2006, only two Blue-footed Boobies were reported 
in 2007, both from coastal locations where the species is much rarer. One was at Pt. 
Vicente, LA, 9 Jun 2007 (KGL; 2007-135), the other near Coronado, SD, 7 Sep 
2007 (MSt; 2007-176). 
"BROWN BOOBY Sula leucogaster (122, 25). Four on Southeast Farallon I., SF, 
included an adult male 25 Jan-22 May 2006, adult females 28 Apr 2006-24 Jan 
2007 and 26 Sep 2006-24 Jan 2007, and an immature 20 Oct 2006-24 Jan 2007 
(MB, JEf, RFo, RGt, RST, JTz, PWt; 2007-033). An immature was west of San 
Clemente I., LA, 11 Oct-2 Nov 2006 (MSf; 2006-181). Establishing a first record 
for Humboldt Co., a juvenile at the entrance to Humboldt Bay 29 Nov-9 Dec 2006 
(KMS; BAc, COg; 2006-203) later moved to Trinidad, HUM. An adult female was 5 
miles west of Dana Point, ORA, 20 Jan 2007 (JEP; JAf; 2007-087; photo in N. Am. 
Birds 61:326). A juvenile was at Fort Bragg, MEN, 23 Feb 2007 (LHu; 2007-081). 
A subadult female was at Natural Bridges State Beach, SCZ, 15-18 Mar 2007 (PB; 
JePf, MMRf, LSef; 2007-075). An adult male, an adult female, and a subadult were 
at Sutil I. off Santa Barbara I., SBA, 14 Mar 2007 (LHt; 2007-201). A subadult was 
at the Santa Cruz wharf, SCZ, 25 Mar-17 Apr 2007 (PLaTf, JePf, LSef; 2007-241; 
photo in N. Am. Birds 61:505). A female was 2 miles north of Pacific Grove, MTY, 
11 Apr 2007 (RWf; 2007-242). One was at La Jolla Cove, SD, 28 May 2007 (EA; 
2007-125). An immature was at Pt. Vicente, LA, 2 Jun 2007 (KGL; 2007-128). A 
subadult female that landed on a boat 20 miles off Trinidad, HUM, 4-5 Jun 2007, 
stayed on the boat overnight and then departed when the boat was 1 mile off the 
entrance to Humboldt Bay (anonymous observer!; fide EE; 2007-254). An immature 
was at La Jolla, SD, 4-24 Jun 2007 (EA; CH, GMcC, SES; 2007-129). An adult 
female and a subadult female were at Pt. La Jolla, SD, 27 Jul 2007 (PEL; 2007-154), 
and another was at the same location 12 Aug 2007 (GMcC; 2007-159). Another 
was 1-2 miles south of Pt. Loma, SD, 26 Aug 2007 (CGE; 2007-178). A subadult 
was at Alviso, SCL, 13 Sep-20 Nov 2007 (BS; KHf, MJM; 2007-194), and another 
subadult was at Pt. Piedras Blancas, SLO, 1 Dec 2007 (MSanM; 2007-307). Finally, 
a juvenile was 15 miles off Imperial Beach, SD, 4 Dec 2007 (TABf; 2007-279). The 
committee reviews records of this species through 2007. 
IDENTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED: An adult was reported from the Tijuana 
R. mouth, SD, 15 Oct 2006 (2006-161). The majority of the committee thought that 
the description was simply too brief and incomplete to document the identification. 
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT Phalacrocorax brasilianus (16, 3). One was at 
Obsidian Butte at the south end of the Salton Sea, IMP, 19 Oct 2007 (CAM; GMcC; 
2007-229), and up to two were at Fig Lagoon and Sunbeam L. near Seeley, IMP, 
23 Nov 2007-16 Feb 2008 (GGf; DWAf, PBrf, JFe, SAGf, HBK, KZKf, CLi, LLi, 
GMcC, MMet, MSct; 2007-273; photo in N. Am. Birds 62:151 and 62:302). 
LESSER FRIGATEBIRD Fregata ariel (1, 1). A superbly documented subadult 
female, representing a first record for California and the fourth for North America 
(Sullivan et al. 2007), was west of Areata, HUM, 15 Jul 2007 (MJIf, STK, CJR, 
BLSf; 2007-153; Figure 2; photos also in N. Am. Birds 61:540-545). The Magnifi- 
cent Frigatebird ( F. magnificens) was formerly regular in California, and frigatebirds 
seen, especially during the summer, have been assumed to be this species, typically 
without much scrutiny. The Great Frigatebird (F. minor) has occurred in California 
once in March and once in October. This summer record of a Lesser indicates that 
all frigatebirds, regardless of season, should be studied very carefully. This species 
breeds fairly widely in the south Pacific and ranges north to the South China Sea and 
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