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Observation details

*Scarce migrant through Lake Champlain, with most records in the month of September. Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger initially spotted at a distance just off Port Kent (Essex Co.) and closer to land as it chased a Ring-billed Gull. We tracked the bird as it flew north and eventually landed on the lake surface just outside of the southernmost beach area at Ausable Point Wildlife Management Area (Clinton Co.), where we got very good views as the bird circled us once and eventually disappeared. Intermediate to light individual, barred golden brown and with cinnamon edging on flight feathers and upperparts. 4-5 gleaming white primary shafts and short pointed central tail feathers. Difficult to say for sure as to whether this was the same juvenile Parasitic Jaeger that was spotted off of the Boquet River Mouth yesterday (approx. 15 miles south of Ausable River Mouth), however this is unlikely as the PAJA yesterday showed strong white flashes on its upperwings, versus today's individual. Photos attached.