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Painted

Published

1932

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Plate

36

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Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

DESCRIPTION

A bucket of "gurry" thrown overboard was the signal for battle. Shearwaters clamored, dove and squabbled while overhead loomed the POMARINE Corsairs, in dark or light uniforms.

There were plenty of "scraps" but "stealing" was so ingrained that the JAEGERs made no attempt to pick a bit from the sea. They waited until a "hag" carried some aloft, then threatened it free and in a swift nosedive, caught the plunder in air. The twisted center tail feathers probably give these birds extra control for back somersaults and other extraordinary maneuvers are all in the day's flying.

Altho the largest of the genus, they use more discretion than other Jaegers, seldom attacking large Gulls. There is no love lost between Jaegers. Parasitic and Longtails frequently harry Pomarines, even driving them in terror into the sea.

BREEDING

NEST: either in marshy ground or inaccessible cliffs, a mere depression, lined with grass and moss.

EGGS: 2 or 3; varying shades of olive or green splashed with dark brown.

RANGE

Northern North America. South in Winter to New Jersey. On Pacific to Galapagos and South America.

pomarine-jaeger
kittiwake-pacific-kittiwake
Kittiwake, Pacific Kittiwake
040-040a
western-grebe
Western Grebe
1
pacific-loon
Pacific Loon
10
redthroat-loon
Redthroat Loon
11
tufted-puffin
Tufted Puffin
12
puffin-largebill-puffin
Puffin, Largebill Puffin
13-13a
horned-puffin
Horned Puffin
14
rhinoceros-auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
15
cassin-auklet
Cassin Auklet
16
paroquet-auklet
Paroquet Auklet
17
crested-auklet
Crested Auklet
18
whiskered-auklet
Whiskered Auklet
19
holboell-grebe
Holboell Grebe
2
least-auklet
Least Auklet
20
ancient-murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
21
marble-murrelet
Marble Murrelet
23
kittlitz-murrelet
Kittlitz Murrelet
24
xantus-murrelet
Xantus Murrelet
25
craveri-murrelet
Craveri Murrelet
26
black-guillemot
Black Guillemot
27
mandt-guillemot
Mandt Guillemot
28
pigeon-guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
29
horned-grebe
Horned Grebe
3
murre-california-murre
Murre, California Murre
30-30a
brunnich-murre-pallas-murre
Brunnich Murre, Pallas Murre
31-31a
razorbill-auk
Razorbill Auk
32
dovekie
Dovekie
34
skua
Skua
35
pomarine-jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
36
parasitic-jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
37
longtail-jaeger
Longtail Jaeger
38
ivory-gull
Ivory Gull
39
eared-grebe
Eared Grebe
4
redleg-kittiwake
Redleg Kittiwake
41
glaucous-gull
Glaucous Gull
42
iceland-gull
Iceland Gull
43
glaucouswing-gull
Glaucouswing Gull
44
kumlien-gull
Kumlien Gull
45
nelson-gull
Nelson Gull
46
great-blackback-gull
Great Blackback Gull
47
slatyback-gull
Slatyback Gull
48
western-gull
Western Gull
49
mexican-grebe
Mexican Grebe
5
herring-gull
Herring Gull
51
california-gull
California Gull
53
ringbill-gull
Ringbill Gull
54
shortbill-gull
Shortbill Gull
55
heermann-gull
Heermann Gull
57
laughing-gull
Laughing Gull
58
franklin-gull
Franklin Gull
59
piedbill-grebe
Piedbill Grebe
6
bonaparte-gull
Bonaparte Gull
60
ross-gull
Ross Gull
61
sabine-gull
Sabine Gull
62
loon
Loon
7
yellowbill-loon
Yellowbill Loon
8
blackthroat-loon
Blackthroat Loon
9