Jaegers

Photos by Mitch Heindel - © 2000

Immature Pomarine Jaeger

Adult Pomarine Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger
(1st is silhouette)

South Polar Skua - the biggest baddest thing out there.
Sea Raptor has a nice ring eh? - this barrel chested bully will
ride a Western Gull or Pink-footed Shearwater into the drink to force
disgorgement of prior food items, often fish. They eat baby penguins!

Dark Pomarine Jaegers are regularly mistaken for Skuas by the unintiated.
When one really sees a Skua, there is no doubt whatsoever that the bird
is not a Jaeger, immediately. They are almost never mistaken for Jaegers.

South Polar Skua heading after a Western Gull
Western Gulls are very large gulls, but are dwarfed by a Skua.

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