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Parasitic Jaeger

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Parasitic Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Spending the winter out at sea, the Parasitic Jaeger spends the breeding season on the dry arctic tundra nesting around 4 eggs each season.  The birds will feed on rodents, insects and small birds. During the winter, it mainly steals and eats the catches of other birds.

Main Photo Credit: Parasitic Jaeger by Andreas Trepte, 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_jaeger#/media/File:Parasitic_Jaeger.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 2.5, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5.
Second Photo Credit: Parasitic Jaeger dark morph by Zak Pohlen, 2015. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/9ef45d4b-ecff-44fa-a4ab-640980543d09. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0.