Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4404
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Stercorarius pomarinus 28 May - cont - hovered a couple of feet over the meat several times, finally it landed momentarily, grabbed the meat and flew away with it. It was immediately mobbed by the other pomarines, but managed to break away long enough to bolt the food. The long-tails continued to chase at the pomarines during this performance. 7 May Notata River - a flock of ca 10-12 was seen flying over the region at a point well above Notata Village, suggesting this species may use this river as a route into the arctic slope. 8 May Peters Schrader L. - while I was in the area of the paravirities nest between the lakes, the mobbing and distraction behavior directed toward me evidently attracted the attention of a pomarine, which flew into the area from a course it had been taking west of the area. Both veridict jaegers meanwhile and vigorously chased the pomarine south out of the area. Only pomarine seen.