This Monday morning, I found a dark adult Pomarine Jaeger in th
Hello,

This Monday morning, I found a dark adult Pomarine Jaeger in the rain at Wendy Park.  I walked to the shore to scan the hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls foraging out near the break wall when I noticed a dark chocolate-brown bird in the water just 50 feet offshore.  I quickly identified it as a jaeger.  When it noticed me, the jaeger hesitantly raised its wings for a few seconds clearly flashing extensive white in the underwing primaries and a smaller patch of white at the base of the primaries near the primary coverts.  It took flight and I watched it for 20 seconds as it headed out toward and eventually beyond the breakwall.  In flight, I got a good side profile of rounded central retrices extending beyond the outer retrices.  The bird had deep, powerful wingbeats comparable to a large gull's (herring) and a heavy-chested appearance.

Sunday afternoon, I also was able to see the scoters (all 3 species) at Sims Park in Euclid.


This is my first post on the Ohio birds list, but I have been birding for over 15 years in the Midwest, primarily based in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  I have recently become a resident of Washington 
DC (via Minnesota), but I am in 
Ohio about once-monthly to visit family in Cleveland.

Scott Loss
Washington DC (and Cleveland Heights, sort of)


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