Long-tailed Jaeger chick, Alaska

By Alaska Science Center 1980 (approx.)

Long-tailed Jaeger chick sitting next to egg at Icy Cape, Alaska. Egg is brown with dark brown spots and small hole at top.

Detailed Description

Long-tailed Jaeger chick, Alaska. Photo taken at Icy Cape study site. Icy Cape is part of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) on the Arctic Coastal Plain. This was one of many study site locations of waterbird-oriented ecosystem studies in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska from 1974-1992.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

U.S. Geological Survey