Nature Notes

November 12, 2008

Pomarine Jaeger: North Carolina Pelagic

Filed under: North Carolina, Pelagic, Species Account — Harold Stiver @ 7:00 am

 Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus

Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus, is the largest and most common of the Jaegers found off the coast of the Carolinas. This bird was bullying a Royal Tern and successfully took his meal.

It breeds in the far north where it feeds on lemmings.

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