Details for Record 77712

Page: Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)

Date: 9/24/2010 2010/09/24

County: San Francisco County

State: California

Country: United States

The highlight of a fishing (and, of course, birding) trip on San Francisco Bay was an unexpected number of jaegers and their harassment of the abundant Elegant Terns. For anyone new to jaegers, this group of birds specializes in kleptoparasitism, stealing other seabirds' meals. I often tell people that jaegers are where gull meets hawk. Skuas would be where gull meets eagle.

An Elegant Tern in San Francisco County, California (9/24/2010).