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Last Alaskan pelagics: Jaegers and gulls


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#1 GWD Photo

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 03:48 AM

Seen in Disenchantment Bay in Alaska. Parasitic would be my guess.. Thanks for any help!

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 12:20 PM

The first shot, I can't say. The second appears to be an adult Pomarine -- Parasitics are supposed to be less mottled below. The third appears to be an adult Pom and an adult, dark-morph Parasitic, I think. The gulls are large, 1st summer birds -- they look like Herring.




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