[mou] Pomarine Jaeger in Duluth

[Kim R Eckert]

A juv Pomarine Jaeger, presumably the same individual reported 
previously by Peder Svingen, was seen this afternoon on Lake Superior 
out from the Park Point Recreation Area. Conny Brunell of the Minn 
Birding Weekends group was the first to spot it about 2:30 pm, and we 
were able to observe the double white flash on the under wing along 
with its large overall size and bulk: i.e., clearly larger than the 
Ring-billed Gulls it pursued on two occasions. Also, when the jaeger 
was in pursuit of one of the Ring-billeds, an imm Herring Gull flew in 
and harassed the jaeger, and the Pomarine's overall size appeared to be 
midway between the Herring and Ring-billed gulls. (As Peder had posted 
previously, a jaeger of such size suggests it is a female.) The bird 
was eventually lost from sight around 3:30 as it flew N in the general 
direction of Canal Park.

Later in the afternoon, we ran into Dale Yerger who reported seeing a 
dark-morph Parasitic Jaeger which remained on the Wisconsin side of the 
Superior Entry. (A dark-morph Parasitic was also seen at that location 
last weekend.)

Kim Eckert