Peter West CareyJan 20

The Pestering Parasitic Jaeger

Here's a great example of a Parasitic Jaeger living up to its name. It was pestering the tern on the left until the tern dropped its fish in order to get away.

In the very next frame, you can see the fish being caught and subsequ

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Rosemary MoscoJul 4, 2023

Like a bird.

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Mark PriorDec 29, 2022
A bit of wildlife for today's #PhotoOfTheDay from Signehamna in Svalbard.
Being from Australia I am used to birds getting aggressive when nesting (Hello local Magpies) but the Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) is next level aggressive. None of this attacking from behind nonsense. You shall not pass, and we didn't.
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