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Subject: [Leica] Frigate Birds
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 10:51:25 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ3rkUNu3pqq+GAA-ZhtNKS39tu9ONrTCzYJRt5sR93VNg@mail.gmail.com>

super stuff

ric


> On Jan 3, 2019, at 9:47 AM, 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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