Subject: (Fwd) [BIRDWG01] Comments on jaeger images requested
Date: Dec 5 21:41:15 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

For all you Stercophiles, here's something from Frontiers of ID, a mystery
jaeger from Georgia. Hey, it's May before Vancouver BC gets its next
jaegers, is that why in winter we birders here go Sterc-crazy (nyuk nyuk)?

I have no opinion because my prehistoric browser can see only dimly through
the mist.

Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with style!
Vancouver BC Canada -Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
mprice at mindlink.net


Jim Flynn writes:

>I have set up a web page which contains six images of a jaeger that was
>photographed by Dan Guynn on 27 Sept 97 on South Beach, Jekyll Island,
>GA. The images were sent to me by Jerry Amerson, who also saw the bird
>with several other individuals. (I did not see the bird.)
>
>The URL is:
>
>http://www.america.net/~jflynn/paja.html
>
>Jerry asked for my comments on the identification of the bird, but
>admittedly, I have very little experience with jaegers, although I did
>take a stab at it with my trusty new Skuas and Jaegers ID Guide.
>
>I'm hoping that there are stercorarius-o-philes out that could lend a
>little bit of expertise. Jerry's comments to me, and my own brief
>analysis of the images are also on the web page. The images are dark
>and there are no photos of the underwing pattern, so aging the bird is a
>little tricky for me.
>
>If you reply personally to me, I will forward comments on to Jerry.
>
>Take care,
>--
>Jim Flynn
>Cumming, GA
>jflynn at america.net
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>Georgia Birds Web Page:
>http://america.net/~jflynn/
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