Success!!
This morning I took the 6am Bainbridge ferry west and drove to Point no
Point arriving at sunrise. Spent a few hours scanning to no avail although
I did see a very lovely gray whale.

So then I took the Bainbridge ferry east back to Seattle, and met up with
him Michelle Savoie. As we were both scanning, I turned around to look back
at Blakely rock and immediately I saw two unmistakable Parasitic Jaegers
weaving and working a couple of Bonaparte gulls together. They were just
as beautiful and amazing as I thought they were would be!

So quite a few of you wrote directly to me with advice but I just haven't
had a chance to reply to everyone yet -; but thank you everyone, and special
thanks to Michelle ! Yay!

Happy Nadine with pelagic dreams. :)

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 09:33 Michelle Savoie <savoiemr at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Nadine and other Jaeger enthusiasts:

>

> We are still seeing Parasitic Jaeger (2 as of this morning and 4 yesterday

> 10/14,10/13) on the Seattle-Bainbridge ferry. They can be found between

> Blakely Rock and Eagle Harbor. I suggest looking in the early morning as

> light is better at that time. They are there all day, from my

> observations.

>

> Often they are on the peripheral of the large flock of Bonapartes Gulls,

> sometimes harassing them. Other times they sit right in the ferry lanes.

> Look for a dark colored bird with distinctly pointy wings among the the

> lighter gulls.

>

> Earlier in the season I often saw them floating more mid channel between

> Alki and Resoration/Blakely harassing passing terns. Resting on the water

> near drifts of debris/seaweed. Now that the terns have mostly moved on

> they have been more consistent near Blakely Rock. For that reason, I

> suggest a ferry ride, rather than your scope if you want to see the PAJA.

>

> Cheers!

> Michelle

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