<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Apparently the bird left the barge but is now back on the barge it is approaching Fort Casey and off Marrowstone.<div><br></div><div>Shout out to Orcas Express captain who found it and Alex Patia who directed them to look for it.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 17, 2022, at 9:51 AM, Steve Hampton <stevechampton@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">I should add the MarineTraffic app works well; the website works poorly on cell phones. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 9:48 AM Steve Hampton <<a href="mailto:stevechampton@gmail.com">stevechampton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">I'm hearing secondhand that the Nazca Booby is currently sitting on the front half of a barge pulled by the Seaspan Raider tug, northbound from Discovery Pt area.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">The tug can be tracked in live time at <a href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:730093/zoom:9" target="_blank">https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:730093/zoom:9</a>. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">It is currently northbound at 7.2 knots (8.3 mph) between Pt Discovery and Edmonds. It says its destination is Beale Cove in the Strait of Georgia. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">From its current location, it is 15 miles to Pt No Point, 34 miles to Pt Wilson (Port Townsend), though the bird could obviously take off and fly any direction at any time. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4" color="#073763"><span></span>Steve Hampton<span></span></font></div><div>Port Townsend, WA (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br><div><font color="#073763"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div>
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