Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4404
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1. Cable 1959 25 May Stevosovarius longicaudus Cont. and out over the meadow toward camp. Several times when pomarine jaegers flew into the areas occupied by these pairs the long-tailed rose up into the air giving the "meow" call and diving at the intruders. 8 May P. tinegea & two pairs appeared to be settled along the creek up which we walked in the late evening, ca. 1 mile above camp. In the morning I threw a mouse to one of the jaegers settled by our tent. He (?) took it immediately and flew to the ridge behind the tent, onto a superb where he was met by the other mate. They pulled at the mouse. One seemed to get most if not all (could not tell which one) the mouse. One flew a few yards away. Then back, there was a pre-citation display of a "choking" type, then superlating - several attempts with at least 2 good cloacal contacts. See Mahew's notes for more detailed description.