I'm certainly no expert but I think you're right, a Parasitic. They can
have seeming 'long' tail feathers but not, as you say, as long as
Long-tailed.
BUT perhaps the tail feathers are still growing in on a Long-tailed? I
don't know the molt cycle. The best mark here, I believe, is the extensive
white in many of theouter primaries. Long-tailed only has the outer 2 or 3
feathers white marked. Bob OBrien Carver OR

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:15 PM Jim Elder <jelder at meteorcomm.com> wrote:


> Any jaeger experts out there? Take a look at the photos in this eBird

> checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S74547169

>

> I don't think I have ever seen a Parasitic Jaeger with streamers this long

> or even close. But they aren't really long enough for a Long-tailed and

> isn't there too much white in the primaries for a Long-tail. Also there is

> the problem that according to eBird, no LT Jaeger has ever been recorded in

> the state of Alaska between October through March. By the way the photo is

> from yesterday (Oct 7) in Barrow, Alaska

>

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