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Cable
1957
Stercorarius pomarinus
27-30 July Pitt Point
by the owl when I scared it away. (Later the quell returned and took
the prey back). Another pair was
seen hovering a brood of stellar
eiders. At first I thought the
jäegers were after the chicks. But
they was not the case. They came
after an added egg - left in the eider's
nest. They landed and leapt at from
the broken-open egg while hen
and chick eiders swam around in
pond not 10 feet away. Several
individuals were seen leveling near-
longfryers and sand pipers as though
attempting an attack. The quell
levels always "fly sep" when a
jäegers comes over.
One pair. SW of owl nest #4 was
new to attack an Arctic Fox repeatedly
over a course of 30yds. The fox was
actually hit in the sweep several times,
and it would jump up & twist around
as the jäegers attacked from behind.
The one young hooded printrunner's 3 weeks
long & tail feathers 1 inch long. It was
hiding in a wet ditch in green reeds
ca 8 miles north.