June 23rd 2014, PAJA Pair 2

I was finally able to spend a longer period of time observing the second pair of PAJA almost a week ago. They defended against me at 78 meters from their nest. They defended against another PAJA, a Common Raven and many Glaucous Gulls.

PAJA Pair 2             Date: 6/23/14           Time spent observing: 16:16 – 17:46

Temperature: 55 F    Wind 17 mph          50% Cloud Cover

Type of Behavior	Total Time Dark Morph	Percent time spent doing behavior	Total Time Light Morph	Percent time spent doing behavior
Defending	10	11.11	13	14.44
Incubating	60	66.67	17	18.89
Hunting/Foraging	7	7.78	2	2.22
Preening	2	2.22	35	38.9
Loafing	11	12.22	21	23.33
In flight	0	0	1	1.11
Altercation	0	0	1*	1.11

Total time spent observing: 90 minutes

* = Listed a seemingly defensive attack on a Snowy Owl as an altercation because the owl was loafing on the tundra over 200m from nest when the jaeger flew over to and harassed the owl.  

We will be pretty busy in the next week, so I will probably not have much time to observe either pair. But for now, please enjoy this video of PAJA Pair 2 defending their nest against me. It was a windy day and a lot of the "squeaks" are obscured by the sound of wind. So you may want to turn your speakers down to a reasonable level.