Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >