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The magnificent frigatebird spends much of its life soaring high in the sky, and can even stay aloft for months at a time. One might think this would be tiring, but they don’t use much energy.
“The magnificent frigatebirds on the Galapagos are a unique evolutionarily significant unit, and if the Galapagos population did go extinct, the area will not likely be recolonized rapidly by mainland ...
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is currently rehabilitating a Magnificent Frigatebird or man o’ war seabird displaced by the winter storm affecting the ...
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A rare magnificent frigatebird found itself in dire straits after a powerful storm knocked it out of the sky while it was flying over the ocean.
In the Galapagos, with its world-famous ecology, frigatebirds are considered pests, nuisances, trash birds, pirate birds, undesirables—choose your derogatory term. Here’s how John James ...
It’s an aerial virtuoso, the magnificent frigate bird, and Florida expert Ken Meyer fears they are in for tough times unless the species can expand where it breeds and thrives.
A species known to wander, four magnificent frigatebirds have been seen in Colorado. The first was seen at Chatfield Reservoir in 1985. More recently, a fourth magnificent frigatebird was seen at J… ...
The magnificent frigatebird spends much of it's life soaring at very high altitudes and will stay aloft for months at a time. They can soar up to 2,000 to 4,000 meters using thermals and air ...
The large, long-winged bird with its forked tail soared over a mangrove island in Estero Bay this month. As spring arrives so do a larger number of the magnificent frigatebird. While they are ...
Magnificent frigatebirds skimmed the air along the Mississippi shoreline this week, blown to the mainland by Tropical Storm Cindy. You don’t see them every day. They are birds from deep in the ...
It’s an aerial virtuoso, the magnificent frigate bird, and Florida expert Ken Meyer fears they are in for tough times unless the species can expand where it breeds and thrives.