Today was a great day to be lake watching at the Derby Hill Bird Observatory in Oswego County. I ran up after Bill Purcell reported a Northern Gannet (I am sure he'll post about that) and missed that. The waterfowl flight was very slow while I was there but there was still some good stuff.
Most notably were an intermediate morph juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger (getting late for them) and a light morph adult Pomarine Jaeger that were teaming up to chase gulls, followed by an immature Franklin's Gull. The Long-tailed Jaeger hung out pretty close to us allowing great looks, while the Pomarine was a bit more elusive. Photos and videos at http://www.nemesisbird.com/2012/10/jaegers/ eBird list - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11846718 Drew Weber Liverpool, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
