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I was there when Kim Eckert noticed this large Jaeger soar over our = heads behind the airport at Park Point. I still remember telling Kim = while observing the bird that the two central tail feathers were rounded = at the tip vs. a pointed tip. =20 Anyway since then I have two records with two different results from two = state record committees. About three years ago (forgot exact date) Tom Auer, myself and Robbye = Johnson watched a very large Jaeger coming up the beach along Wisconsin = Point and eventually it flew across the Superior Entry Way and into = Minnesota. We ID the Jaeger as a Pomarine Jaeger. The Minn. Records = Committee voted it down but the Wisconsin Records Committee voted in = favor of it based on a photo that Robbye took that day. Hopefully = someday I will get that photo and send it to the MOURC. We all took = independent notes and some of ID marks we written conflicted which = resulted in this bird being turned down by MOURC. Then in 2005 I was scanning the lake from the lighthouse on WI. Pt. and = saw a juvenile Jaeger fly in front of me and over my head. I ID it as a = immature Long-tailed Jaeger. The Jaeger also flew into Wisconsin waters = so the record was also sent to the WI records committee. The result of = the sighting for Minnesota was turned down but Wisc. Records Comm. voted = in favor of it. A Long-tailed Jaeger is a lifer for me and right now I = have no idea how to count it, well I can add it to my WI state list but = as a North American/lifer bird-- well I am going to wait till I see a = adult but I still feel very confident that the bird was indeed a = juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger. I have tons of respect for our records committee here in Minnesota. = Jaegers and Ibis species are very tough to ID especially in fall plumage = and also not all of the birders on MOURC have experience with juvenile = jaegers or fall plumage ibis. Oh by the way Duluth got about 20+ inches of snow, on top of the foot = and a half we received a few days ago before this storm. =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C75CC7.A37B1BB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>I was there = when Kim Eckert=20 noticed this large Jaeger soar over our heads behind the airport at Park = Point.=20 I still remember telling Kim while observing the bird that the two = central tail=20 feathers were rounded at the tip vs. a pointed tip. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Anyway since = then I have two=20 records with two different results from two state record=20 committees.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4>About three years ago=20 (forgot exact date) Tom Auer, myself and Robbye Johnson watched a very = large=20 Jaeger coming up the beach along Wisconsin Point and eventually it flew = across=20 the Superior Entry Way and into Minnesota. We ID the Jaeger as a = Pomarine=20 Jaeger. The Minn. Records Committee voted it down but the = Wisconsin=20 Records Committee voted in favor of it based on a photo that Robbye took = that=20 day. Hopefully someday I will get that photo and send it to the = MOURC. We=20 all took independent notes and some of ID marks we written conflicted = which=20 resulted in this bird being turned down by MOURC.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Then in 2005 I = was scanning=20 the lake from the lighthouse on WI. Pt. and saw a juvenile Jaeger fly in = front=20 of me and over my head. I ID it as a immature Long-tailed Jaeger. The = Jaeger=20 also flew into Wisconsin waters so the record was also sent to the WI = records=20 committee. The result of the sighting for Minnesota was turned down = but=20 Wisc. Records Comm. voted in favor of it. A Long-tailed Jaeger is = a lifer=20 for me and right now I have no idea how to count it, well I can add it = to my WI=20 state list but as a North American/lifer bird-- well I am going to wait = till I=20 see a adult but I still feel very confident that the bird was indeed a = juvenile=20 Long-tailed Jaeger.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>I have tons of = respect for=20 our records committee here in Minnesota. Jaegers and Ibis species are = very tough=20 to ID especially in fall plumage and also not all of the birders on=20 MOURC have experience with juvenile jaegers or fall plumage=20 ibis.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Oh by the way = Duluth got=20 about 20+ inches of snow, on top of the foot and a half we received a = few days=20 ago before this storm. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Michael=20 Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR>Lake Superior Boat Trips<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C75CC7.A37B1BB0--