A Parasitic Jaeger (top) is attacking a gull which is carrying a fish.
A South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki).
Pomarine (?) Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) in flight along the Santa Barbara coast, just after it attacked an elegant tern carrying an anchovy.  (The tern won).
A Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) in flight.  Jaegers are cleptoparasites that make a living from stealing food from other birds which they attack.
South polar skua.
Two jaegers.
A Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) flys in search of its prey.
A Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) in flight.
A South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) begins its attack on a Pink Footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus).
A Parasitic Jaeger (top) is attacking a gull which is carrying a fish.
A Parasitic Jaeger (top) is attacking a gull which is carrying a fish.
A Parasitic Jaeger (top) is attacking a gull which is carrying a fish.
See photo in original gallery.