[obol] Re: Parasitic jaeger - Lincoln City, OR

From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
To: rick.mark1217@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:42:55 -0700

Wow.  Incredible photos.  At first glance it appears the Jaeger has a
broken or otherwise injured wing.  That being the case it has only
one opportunity to survive, at least for a while.  Scavenging.  Jaegers
regularly attack and kill small birds (perhaps Lapland Longspurs),
especially on the breeding grounds. But I've heard it said that they cannot
'butcher' such a prey item without their mate 'pulling' from the other
side.  I was not aware that if the prey item was heavy, or decayed, enough
they could go solo.  Thinking scavenging jaegers are unknown, I did a
search and found this MS Thesis Univ Alaska.
Not rare at all on the nesting grounds.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/research_pdfs/summer_scavenging_activity_northeastern_alaska.pdf
Nevertheless I doubt that anything like this has been observed on the West
Coast during migration.
Bob OBrien  Carver OR
PS  What about Rehab?  I doubt the local rehabers have ever received a
Jaeger.  And if it can't have its wing fixed, what a wonderful display bird
it would make.
After all, Jaegers are certainly 'raptors'/

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:28 PM Rick Mark <rick.mark1217@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello

I’m posting for Britt Nelson, who found a parasitic jaeger on the Salishan
Spit beach, just outside Lincoln City, OR, on Sunday afternoon (9/19/21)

She was close enough to get these photos with her iPhone. The jaeger was
feasting on a dead gull.

Life bird for Britt!

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