I took the day off to run up to Wisconsin Point to meet Mike Hendrickson and find some jaegers. I arrived at 9:45 to find Al Schumacher and friends viewing the Long-tailed Jaeger. I got brief glimpses then the bird departed. Al decided to be the sacrificial lamb and departed to search park point. The Long-tailed Jaeger made an appearance shortly there after - Thanks Al! Spent the next few hours with the Long-tailed making two more brief appearances. It then left for the day. We were rewarded with a Parasitic Jaeger shortly after that. It was much more aggressive and put on quite the show.
Here are a few images from Wisconsin Point - I wish it was closer so I had more than two hours of time to photograph these birds: http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5729.jpg Long-tailed Jaeger getting what it gives http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5766.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5767.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5768.jpg Parasitic Jaeger I arrived at my house about 5PM and the chickadees were going crazy. I thought I had another Cooper's Hawk in the yard, but that was not what it was. I found a Gray Phase Eastern Screech Owl perched on the light on my front porch: http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5833.jpg It then moved to the pine tree later to begin hunting. I saw it cough up a pellet too: http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_5846.jpg Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
