Sunday, September 11, 2011

Long-tailed Jaeger at Cherry Creek Reservoir

September 10, 2011

Richard Stevens:

We did not get to outdoor chores until late afternoon. At 6:00 PM, Rebecca and I got together with Bryan & Sue Ehlmann and Jerry Petrosky at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County).

The adult Long-tailed Jaeger was harassing gulls in the west-middle of the lake. The jaeger was quite aggressive. Only two or three times in an hour, did the jaeger discontinue its onslaught and rest on the lake.

The jaeger was observed quite well from the end of the road below the dam (leading north from the southwest corner).

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