Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good shots, Jayanand. They've certainly big wingspans. Douglas On 03/01/2019 14:47, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >