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Holmes, P.
1959
Stercorarius pomarinus
6.
14 June Barrow, Alaska
near (4 feet away) a sitting bird. The intruder was quickly chased
on the ground for about 10 feet
before it took off and flew to the
eastward.
15 June Barrow, Alaska
Ten birds seen sitting in drum
area and adjoining tundra. There seemed to
be very little activity as most of the birds
were standing or sitting on the ground. A
few were noted flying. Three Glaucous Gulls
were flying around these jaegers and oices.
I would travel to close and the
jaeger would fly off to another
mound. During the afternoon, 8 birds
were seen sitting on the tundra,
and an occasional one would get
up fly around and then settle
down. One of these birds was seen
to catch a lemming and fly with it
in its beak to a small tussock.
Immediately, three other jaegers
converged on this bird. After
about a minute a struggle
The birds began to separate and the
three finally flew off. The lemming
was not seen again, so probably it