On Clancey Deel’s third visit to Hungry Mother State Park to see the Brown Booby, the bird normally found in the tropics came impressively close to Deel and his camera.
Photos courtesy of Clancey Deel
The Brown Booby has showed off its species’ impressive diving skills.
Photo courtesy of Clancey Deel
Tanya Hall, Hungry Mother State Park chief ranger for visitor experience, checks out the skies for avian visitors.
Stephanie Porter-Nichols, Smyth County News & Messenger
A Virginia Master Naturalist, Randy Smith also brings his 60+ years as a birder and his career as an educator to his bird programs at Hungry Mother State Park.
Stephanie Porter-Nichols,
Smyth County News & Messenger
The Brown Booby has helped attract people to Hungry Mother State Park and enjoy its beauty.
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An avian visitor from the tropics has drawn numerous other visitors to Hungry Mother State Park in recent weeks. Coming from east Tennessee, parts of North Carolina, and throughout Southwest Virginia, the excited birders have come equipped with binoculars, cameras, and their life lists – ready to add a bird many never expected to see.
On Clancey Deel’s third visit to Hungry Mother State Park to see the Brown Booby, the bird normally found in the tropics came impressively close to Deel and his camera.
A Virginia Master Naturalist, Randy Smith also brings his 60+ years as a birder and his career as an educator to his bird programs at Hungry Mother State Park.
