Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), Rotary Park / Thompson Bay, Lake Havasu, Mohave County

This Pomarine Jaeger was photographed by John West on 13 November 2011.

Pomarine Jaeger is a casual transient along the Lower Colorado River. There have been six previous records for the state.

This is a large, bulky, barrel-bellied gull with broad wings with extensive white in the primaries and the bases of the underprimary coverts.

13 November 2011, photo by John West

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