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Childs
1963
Stercorarius pomarinus
16 June Wainwright, Alaska
Found the nest of the only pair in
the immediate area of The Trap line
21 June Barrow, Alaska
Found 4 nests. One near Wohlocklay
though had a melanistic bird in pair.
5 July Dave shot a ? jaeger near So Meadar
Lake and had to beat a jaeger out
of the specimen. a little while later
as we approached the ? the jaeger,
probably the same bird attacked
it and was driven off by The
? duck who jinged up several
times to attack the jaeger. One ?
? hit the jaeger on the chest. The
duck was collected after the jaeger
left
Another jaeger was observed eating
insect along with 3 or 4 Phalaropes.
3 Cheronimds were found in the spot
when the birds were flushed.
11 August Wainwright, Alaska
The pair whose nest > found on 6/16 are still
on station and attack early turn ? run Traps
yet no juvins has been seen but it may be
present.