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Long-tailed Jaeger ID

To: "Mick Roderick" <>, "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: Long-tailed Jaeger ID
From: "Mike Carter" <>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:11:38 +1100
As one that first raised some doubt I am now satisfied that the upper bird in the first photo I looked at on the internet is a Long-tailed Jaeger. When the original was posted, was the image below the same bird? With regard as to whether dark phase juveniles have been seen in Australia before, the answer is yes. I have slides of one off Wollongong we saw on 15 Feb 1987. At that time there was doubt that the dark phase occurred in adults but that is now proven although apparently rare.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136




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