[Leica] Frigate Birds

[Nathan Wajsman]

Flying around with an erection! No inhibitions there ;-)

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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YNWA













> On 15 Jan 2019, at 07:14, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Nathan,
> Thanks for looking.
> 
> That red gular sac is the male's breeding plumage!
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:38 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Outstanding, especially the first juvenile and the adult with the orange
>> sack.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> 
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> 
>> YNWA
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>>> On 3 Jan 2019, at 15:47, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>> lug at leica-users.org> 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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