I just saw a Jaeger flying south from Crowbar Point, while aboard the Haendel.
Too far to tell which species but we're only a little south of Myers so it may
be the same bird that was seen yesterday.
Justin
On Sep 30, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote:
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
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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.
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