I did have on at Point-No-Point this afternoon heading south into Puget
Sound.

Hans

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 7:56 PM Nadine Drisseq <drisseq.n at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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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