With power out at work and hard rain falling, naturally I headed to Myers Point. Several hundred RING-BILLED GULLS were gathering on the spit, along with a small number of HERRING GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. As the rain abated, all the gulls took off and disappeared up the lake.
A lone shorebird on the spit proved to be a juvenile DUNLIN. Then Marshall Iliff arrived and we soon spotted a bird flying swiftly down the lake low over the water -- JAEGER! Over the next 15 minutes we watched the jaeger sit for awhile on the water, chase several Ring-billed Gulls, and wheel around sev times giving fairly good views in the poor light. Based on the overall dark plumage, extensive white "flash" in the primaries, and slightly larger size than Ring-billed Gull, Marshall was fairly confident that this was a juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER. Bad weather = good birds! Ken Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2014, at 6:54 PM, "Matthew Medler" <matthewmed...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > This from the RBA text system just now: > > Ken Rosenberg. Jaeger off Myers point now - probable Parasitic. On water now > just south of lighthouse. Way out. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
