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Pomarine Jaeger

    RARA AVIS

    This Week’s Bird Sightings

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    The Pomarine Jaeger is a seabird in the skua family. They must be fierce hunters: the word “jaeger” is derived from the German Jäger, meaning “hunter,” and the genus name Stercorarius is Latin for “dung,” which other birds were once thought to release when pursued by skuas. Watercolor by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874−1927).

    Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 29, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

    The boat-based Stellwagen Christmas Bird count was held on Sunday, Dec. 27, with highlights including an Atlantic Puffin, 3 Dovekies, 67 Common Murres, and 6 Pomarine Jaegers.

    There were up to 20 Evening Grosbeaks still lingering in Wellfleet this week.

    4 Tree Swallows were seen in Truro.

    If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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