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P. DeBenedictis
1965
Stercorarius pomarinus
13June Barrow, Alaska
noisy during the periods. The Fowl appeared to be snapping an arising claw to the jaegers; finally
the conflict was ended when the jaegers quit.
14June. Numbers of jaegers flying over the Central
Marsh & Beach ridge areas seem little changed
from yesterday; we worked along the slope of Elson
hoggon where the density of birds flying about 2/3
about 1/2 times that elsewhere. Much territorial
flight seen and long ups given by birds on the
ground; saw 2 or 3 leuunning kills and some
aerial gulping; no other display behavior. Saw a
jaeger continuously dive at a F Snowy Owl, which
twice to claw the jaeger or the latter made its
passes. Three large groups of jaegers on the
ground were seen, the birds sitting very low
in the snow, and in both cases consisting of two
groups, with scattered individuals around. In
the SE part of Central Marsh there were 56+ jaegers,
in Wohlsholy Slope 41+ jaegers, and in
Skpik Slope 70+ jaegers. as usual all these
were only a few dark phase birds, not more than
or 8 seen during the day. Saw one that I would
all an "intermediate" phase today for the 1st time.
15June In the morning went out to Elson hoggon with
D. Mullin, saw relatively few Jaegers. There was
a group of about 15 on the flats at the Nend Houses'
Marsh and a few oorking along the shore of Elson