[Leica] Frigate Birds

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

No, and the twigs are a token offering to the female of his dreams to urge her to get the nest started....
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 15-Jan-2019, at 12:07, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> Flying around with an erection! No inhibitions there ;-)
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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>> On 15 Jan 2019, at 07:14, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> Nathan,
>> Thanks for looking.
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>> That red gular sac is the male's breeding plumage!
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>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
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>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:38 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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>>> Outstanding, especially the first juvenile and the adult with the orange
>>> sack.
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
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>>> Nathan Wajsman
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>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>>> YNWA
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>>>> On 3 Jan 2019, at 15:47, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>>>> The next installment of the fauna of the Galapagos.
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>>>> 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!
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>>>> Juveniles:
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3030.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2714.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3134.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3194.jpg.html
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>>>> Adults:
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3151.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3224.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-7006.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6693.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-7016.jpg.html
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>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6874.jpg.html
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>>>> Please see LARGE
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>>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
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>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
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