G'day Tobias,
I'm with you on this bird, my money is on dark morph first year Long-tailed
Jaeger, to my eye the bill looks too short for an Arctic and the rest looks
structurally OK. Sorry to disagree Mike and Phil.
I lost the original post so I have pasted the link to your photo and
previous thread below from archives.
Cheers Jeff
http://www.flickr.com/photos/callocephalon/3329565621/
This was my opinion also after seeing the photos.
Phil.
Subject: Re: dark morph Long-tailed Jaeger
From: "Mike Carter" <pterodroma AT bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:55:14 +1100
In my opinion it is an Arctic Jaeger. Told by deep breast and broad base to
the wings.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza VIC 3930
Tel (03) 9787 7136
Hi all,
Just wondering what the status of dark morph Long-tailed Jaegers is in
Australian waters. On the recent (February 28) Wollongong pelagic, I took
some
photos of a dark morph jaeger that appears to be a Long-tailed (I thought so
too at the time in the field). They are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/callocephalon/3329565621/
Interestingly, Pomarine and Long-tailed Jaegers were the most common
jaegers,
only a couple of Arctic were briefly spotted.
Other highlights form the trip included nice views of Streaked Shearwaters.
Cheers
Tobias
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