Mike Smith wrote:

>Despite the fact that Parasitic Jaegers
>outnumbered the other two species combined by a substantial margin, I only
>ever saw Long-tailed Jaegers flycatching. And with those long tail
>fleathers fluttering out while they hopped up from pingos to catch flies,
>I was left with a truly unconventional jaeger image.

Not only do Long-tailed Jaegers flycatch on their breeding grounds, but
when other prey is scarce they walk around gawkily (they think it's
haughtily, I'm sure) picking up spiders and insects from the tundra like so
many grackles. Again, I've not seen Parasitic or Pomarine do this.

>(how about those Sonics?)

What are Sonics?

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416