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M. Brock
1957
Stercorarius pomarinus
A.R.H. Barow, Northem Alaska
June 4
Saw my first jaeger flying overhead
in a northwesterly direction while at
the southern end of beach ridge. Bird
continued in a straight flight until it
disappeared in the horizon.
About a half mile east of the last
location a jaeger was seen seated on
the ground. As we watched, another
jaeger approached very close to the seated
one and then flew away and landed
about five hundred yards away. After
teen minutes, the first jaeger took
flight and landed about 100 feet from
the other bird. These two birds were
observed for about a half an hour without
anything happening.
On the way back to A.R.H. (about
one mile south of A.R.H.) Bill shot two
jaegers which were flying overhead
in a S.E direction.
Therefore, in all, five jaegers seen today.
June 5
On the trip to the Innan River and
back which took all day 8 AM-9 PM eight
pomarine jaegers were seen
June 9
Atkasute, Mead River Coal Mine Alaska
at 3:30 a pomarine was seen flying over
Trueset