Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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E.M Brock 1957 June 28 Stercorarius panarinus Banow, Northern Alaska Three panarine jager, were observed "dive bombing" a snowy owl (see owl notes). One especially scared its talons to the owl every time it dove. The jager never did come close enough to the owl which was peached on the ground. July 19 While I was in the vicinity of transects XI and XII I saw a large group of about thirty birds flying west at a point maybe a mile north- west of the gas well. The birds were large and dark and could not have been anything but jagers. Later while setting out transects XI & XII I observed approximately 20 birds flying near me, sitting about or flying in the distance. I believe they were a mixture of the three kinds of jagers.