Voting Comments

Voting Comments

Record #: 62-B-06

Long-tailed Jaeger

1st Round: 7-0
ACCEPT

1^st Round
(7 Accept, 0 Reject)

09-14-2007.
Sturts -- Accept

Excellent series of photos showing all the diagnostic features that were listed in the report.

09-16-2007.
Dave Trochlell -- Accept

This bird was clearly a juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger, thanks to excellent documentation by the IBO staff.

9/16/07.
Cliff Weisse -- Accept

The written report lacks a description of the bird but the in-hand photos show field marks consistent with Long-tailed Jaeger including white shafts restricted to P9 & P10, bill structure, pluage pattern and head shape.

3 October 2007.
Hardy -- Accept

Excellent photos of bird in hand - shows half dark, short bill, "cold" coloring, white shafts of two outermost primaries.

010-06-2007.
chuck trost -- Accept

unbelievably good photos!

13 Nov 2007.
Darren Clark -- Accept

The written report and especially the photographs are conclusive.

12/9/2007.
Charles Swift -- Accept

I'll vote on this as I'm working on these (perhaps Jay has deferred since his name is on the report). This is clearly a LT Jaeger thanks to the excellent photos and written description. [It's also quite a bizarre record but then isn't there also a Skua record for Hawk Mountain, NJ??]