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Parasitic Jaeger


12 Sep 2013
Provo Airport Dike
Provo, Utah

John Crawley sent in these photos of a Parasitic Jaeger that was seen by a group of birder doing a "Big Sit."  Eric Huish recounted the event (email excerpt below) and posted pictures on a website (links below).

(Excerpt from an e-mail from Eric Huish  12 Sep 2013) :

"The Utah County Birders are doing a Big Sit out at the Provo Airport Dike today. At about 10:00 a.m. we saw a dark bird chasing a gull out over the lake. I believe Keeli Marvel first spotted it. We all had our bins on it when it banked, wings and tail spread, and we yelled out "Jaeger!" The bird then flew way out into the middle of the lake and landed on the water. For the next two hours we kept an eye on the distant dot. It flew a couple of time but wouldn't come closer. Then at about 11:45 a.m. the jaeger flew right toward us, flew right over us, then caught a thermal and started soaring in circles just east of us. It floated higher and higher until it was just a dot in the sky, then it disappeared. We could not have been luckier!

The bird was an adult light morph Parasitic Jaeger..."

Eric Huish


Photos by John Crawley

Cropped from above photo and lightened by the webmaster
  
Cropped from above photo and lightened by the webmaster
  
Cropped from above photo and lightened by the webmaster
  
Cropped from above photo by the webmaster
  

Additional Photos by Eric Huish:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EwoJvsu6LHy3a0-dMGVYJpFvf8rdbAYJviX6glh3xSU?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4TgLWvQggG_uqlYwgkFrfJFvf8rdbAYJviX6glh3xSU?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/545kAbG7XuZVOFOPL-BNoZFvf8rdbAYJviX6glh3xSU?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iOHq-CO3xWRGe7h9DMHLKZFvf8rdbAYJviX6glh3xSU?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HImM0F3ExozaADOoONTQG5Fvf8rdbAYJviX6glh3xSU?feat=directlink
  



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