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Jaeger along St Kilda esplanade.

To: Geoff Price <>
Subject: Jaeger along St Kilda esplanade.
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:06:28 +1100
One (Arctic) seen at mouth of Kororoit Ck around 1pm today

On 2 April 2013 13:24, Geoff Price <> wrote:

> Hi Philip,
>
> I used to see Arctic Jaegers regularly off Rickett's Point, about 10 km
> south-east of St Kilda. Never seen a Pomerine in Port Phillip Bay, but I'm
> sure others have.
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> On 2/04/2013 11:48 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
>
>> I was in Melbourne over easter and was taken on an impromptu stroll along
>> St
>> Kilda esplanade. For about 10 minutes I watched a pair of Jaegers there,
>> chasing Silver Gulls. The behaviour, appearance (grey-brown above and
>> mostly
>> whitish below with pale wing patches), overall size&  shape (close to
>> Silver
>>
>> Gulls but faster flying), could only be that. I suspect they would be a
>> pair
>> of Arctic Jaegers, based on a loose assumption of them being the most
>> common
>> and that I thought they were slim bodied (although I couldn't rule out
>> another Jaeger species). I didn't have binoculars and was about 50 to 300
>> metres from the birds. The chase extended to the land edge. I have only
>> seen
>> Jaegers over ocean before, I wonder how regular it is that they are there
>> doing that. It is likely more a question about me than the birds as I
>> would
>> not be there more than once or twice a decade.
>>
>> Philip
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