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--089e0158b6bc1bcf0a04dd1401f5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I'm not sure if this got to NS-RBA, but Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, an Acadia University biology prof. who lives near Canning, saw and photographed an adult breeding plumaged Pomarine Jaeger standing on a dirt pile on Clarke's Lane (goes from the south end of Canning Aboiteau to Wellington Dyke) yesterday. I went this morning, and got an all-too brief look at it flying low over the field across the road in a northerly direction, but lost sight of it after it dipped behind a rise. The length of the tail streamers was very impressive, and I was able to see the head pattern, the dark uppersides and the white undersides for a few second before I lost it. I spend about an hour in the area but could not re-locate it. I'll look again. But at least as of 8:30 a.m. today it was still in the area. The photo is super, and those who want to see it can e-mail me or Jim Wolford separately for a copy, as I don't know if embedded photos work on NS-RBA or NatureNS. It shows only a faint breast band, suggesting an adult male apparently. Some of you may remember the Long-tailed Jaeger that stayed in a field in Gaspereau April 6 1990 for a few days - not that far away from this one.Sort of makes one wonder if there is a Spring migration of jaegers from the ocean to the Arctic over NS, and the odd one finds its way to a local field. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --089e0158b6bc1bcf0a04dd1401f5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>I'm not sure if t= his got to NS-RBA, but Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, an Acadia University biology = prof. who lives near Canning, saw and photographed an adult breeding plumag= ed Pomarine Jaeger standing on a dirt pile on Clarke's Lane (goes from = the south end of Canning Aboiteau to Wellington Dyke) yesterday. I went thi= s morning, and got an all-too brief look at it flying low over the field ac= ross the road in a northerly direction, but lost sight of it after it dippe= d behind a rise. The length of the tail streamers was very impressive, and = I was able to see the head pattern, the dark uppersides and the white under= sides for a few second before I lost it. I spend about an hour in the area = but could not re-locate it. I'll look again. But at least as of 8:30 a.= m. today it was still in the area.<br> <br></div>The photo is super, and those who want to see it can e-mail me or= Jim Wolford separately for a copy, as I don't know if embedded photos = work on NS-RBA or NatureNS. It shows only a faint breast band, suggesting a= n adult male apparently.<br> <br></div>Some of you may remember the Long-tailed Jaeger that stayed in a = field in Gaspereau April 6 1990 for a few days - not that far away from thi= s one.Sort of makes one wonder if there is a Spring migration of jaegers fr= om the ocean to the Arctic over NS, and the odd one finds its way to a loca= l field.<br> <br></div>Richard<br clear=3D"all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br>####= #############<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D= "mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a= ><br> ################### </div></div></div></div></div></div> --089e0158b6bc1bcf0a04dd1401f5--
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