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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.