[Leica] Frigate Birds

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The next installment of the fauna of the Galapagos.

Frigate Birds are the pirates of the skies, adept at stealing food from
other birds on the wing either directly, or by harassing them till they
regurgitate food that they are bringing back to the next. The only Frigate
Bird breeding grounds that we saw was on North Seymour Island, though they
are in the skies pretty much anywhere. The two sub species that breed here
are the Magnificent Frigatebird and the Great Frigatebird, and are quite
tough to tell apart. I have attempted to do so, but could be
comprehensively wrong in the identification. So, bear with me on that one!

Juveniles:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3030.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2714.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3134.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3194.jpg.html

Adults:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3151.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3224.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-7006.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6693.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-7016.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6874.jpg.html

Please see LARGE

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!

Cheers
Jayanand