This Monday morning, I found a dark adult Pomarine Jaeger in th Hello, This Monday morning, I found a dark adult Pomarine Jaeger in the rain at Wendy Park. I walked to the shore to scan the hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls foraging out near the break wall when I noticed a dark chocolate-brown bird in the water just 50 feet offshore. I quickly identified it as a jaeger. When it noticed me, the jaeger hesitantly raised its wings for a few seconds clearly flashing extensive white in the underwing primaries and a smaller patch of white at the base of the primaries near the primary coverts. It took flight and I watched it for 20 seconds as it headed out toward and eventually beyond the breakwall. In flight, I got a good side profile of rounded central retrices extending beyond the outer retrices. The bird had deep, powerful wingbeats comparable to a large gull's (herring) and a heavy-chested appearance. Sunday afternoon, I also was able to see the scoters (all 3 species) at Sims Park in Euclid. This is my first post on the Ohio birds list, but I have been birding for over 15 years in the Midwest, primarily based in Wisconsin and Minnesota. I have recently become a resident of Washington DC (via Minnesota), but I am in Ohio about once-monthly to visit family in Cleveland. Scott Loss Washington DC (and Cleveland Heights, sort of) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]