[Leica] Frigate Birds

[Jim Nichols]

Very impressive birds and images.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/3/2019 8:47 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> 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
>
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