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Gilmor Parasitic Jaeger D
1931
June 8 St. Michael, Alaska
A dozen or so large jaegers were
seen over the marshes & doubtfully
identified as this species. They were
about as common as the Long
Tailed Jaeger and habits seemed
similar.
June 23 Savoonga, St. Lawrence St. Alaska.
Quite common - generally found
over tundra. Found one nest and
took the parent birds. The rest
was a mere slight depression on
almost bare tundra almost bare
of grass, two and contained two
rather large eggs of dark background
and dark blotches. The parent
birds refused to leave the spot
vicinity and continually soared
over the spot occasionally making
a sally at the intruder. They
fed on the numerous minutus -
Mr. Geist killed one that was
feeding on the body of a mouse.
July 13, Savoonga St. Lawrence St.,
Bering Sea, Alaska. Quite common
here & over island. Generally
seen over the tundra along