Howdy All! Well...the wonders keep happening at Pt Lookout down here in St Marys County. I zipped down to Pt Lookout right after work and arrived around 5:20pm tonight, Sep 8. I stopped briefly at the sharp curve onto the causeway, but nothing was there save a few Forster's Terns a couple Common Terns. I decided to drive down to the point proper. On the way down, I spotted a small group of fishing boats and a large group of terns (100+) not far off shore across from the picnic area (C. Bay side). Here I found as many as 6 Black Terns at one time (there may have been more) and at least one Sandwich Terns. There were also a few Royal Terns, but the largest mix was of mainly Forster's and Commons. Down at the point I noticed the Stasz-mobile and hoped I was in luck (you know--the kind where Jim already has the bird in his scope and I walk up and get a killer view). But such was not the case this evening. We both headed back to the Fishing Pier and spent the last hour and a half of daylight scouting from the Pier. The terns were in smaller groups. Small schools of fish were hitting the surface regularly, so I anticipate seeing terns for a while here... Around 7pm, I found a dark, heavy-flier, just a few feet above the surface of the water heading South. "Jim! Possible Jaeger just below the horizon heading right!", I chattered excitedly. Jim was on the bird in an instant. "Looks like a Pomarine.", Jim said with quite a bit more calmness than I was feeling. Although I've seen hundreds of jaegers (except for a few pelagics--once had 12 Poms in Monterey--most of my life's jaegers were seen at Gambell last spring--400+ birds of all 3 sp. in 3 days), this is a family of birds I never tire of seeing...the pirate of the sea! Soon our jaeger started bullying and badgering a tern spreading it's wings and fanning it's tail as it maneuvered with the tern. Even though we were at a great distance I could see the distinct white flash in the primaries. Cool. A POMARINE JAEGER in St Marys County no less. Jim smiled easily as he added yet another tick to his burgeoning Maryland year list. For me, it was a Maryland milestone--life bird #300 for the state. I was hoping to add Bridled Tern as a good milestone. But the jaeger was a good consolation prize! -Greg Miller Hollywod, MD __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com