Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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Beaver 1967 Species account Pomarine Jaeger 1 13 June 0950 Best below [illegible] ft. Alaska. Sighted a P. Jaeger sitting on a raised piece of tundra vegetation. The bird resembles a gull in its body form and manner of stance. When it flew, the wing beat was very slow and deliberate. The bird moved over the tundra in a pattern very similar to that of a hunting Marsh Hawk. It stayed close to the ground and appeared to be looking intently at the ground while flying. It lit abruptly several times but I couldnt see anything that may have indicated it had captured a prey item (tanning?) 14 June Haral T. and I are on Beach ridge and just 1/4 mi S. & slightly W. of the FALL houses. About 1/4 mi. to the North west of us, a pair of P. Jaegers are behaving like they are copulating. One bird (M) mounts [illegible] the F from the side with his wings held high over his back and gives a couring note. They are too far away to see real clearly 19 June 1530 S. MacLean and I are on Gasline ridge and have spotted a Pom Jaeger sitting in a low, wet, area of the tundra E of the building of the micro met institution about 300yds.