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Frigatebird crash-lands at seaside rescue for frigatebird
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/3/1999; ; 556 words
; ...survived the journey from the Caribbean. The magnificent frigatebird, which has an 8ft wing-span, was picked up exhausted...which has been confirmed as an adult female magnificent frigatebird." The bird was picked up in an extremely weak condition...
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Hatching, growth, and mortality of Magnificent Frigatebird chicks in Southern Baja California.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...seasons (Nelson 1979). The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) represents an...chick is fully assumed by the females. Frigatebird chicks are altricial and require about...reported extended breeding in this frigatebird species with one to two annual peaks...
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Water loss from eggs of the Great Frigatebird.(Short Communications)
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...pelecaniform seabird with prolonged incubation, the Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), and to compare them with those...footed Booby. METHODS We made observations at Great Frigatebird colonies in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, including...
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Whose funny valentine? (courtship behavior of the frigate-bird)
Magazine article from: National Wildlife; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...comes to courtship, the male magnificent frigatebird gets all puffy Come late winter, the male frigatebird's fancy turns to courtship in a flamboyant...valentine show. The largest of the five frigatebird species is the magnificent frigatebird...
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Rare 'pirate of the ocean' recovers at zoo after exhausting trip from Caribbean.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/10/2005; 592 words
; ...Chester Zoo. The adult male Magnificent Frigatebird is currently under the watchful eyes...journey to UK shores. The Magnificent Frigatebird, known as the pirate of the ocean...and Chester Zoo was contacted. The Frigatebird - which is currently being cared for...
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RANGER RICK'S CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 2/1/2000; ; 611 words
; ...from someone else? That's what a frigatebird (FRIG-it-bird) sometimes does...can catch its own food. But often a frigatebird will watch till it sees another bird...has already swallowed its meal? The frigatebird may grab its victim by the tail and...
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What's Happening
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 11/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...8678 or 966-6331. Bird Alert: Frigatebird would be rare indeed A call came in...Unlimited reported seeing a Magnificent Frigatebird. The bird was described as a juvenile...pointed wings and forked tail, the frigatebird is instantly recognizable even at long...
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They named that bird!
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/30/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...we said to be specific -- is the magnificent frigatebird. Jane Knowles of Belmont had the first correct...close by identifying the creature as a great frigatebird or merely a frigatebird (also known as a Man O' War bird), as well...
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Rare frigate bird flies thousands of kilometers across Asia in search of food
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...working mother. A Christmas Island frigatebird named Lydia recently completed a 26...Indian Ocean, the Christmas Island frigatebird is one of the worlds most threatened...their decline of the Christmas Island frigatebird, which has seen its numbers fall by...
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Magnificent: Gulf Coast bird sighted here
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/16/2005; ; 361 words
; ...quickly recognized it as a magnificent frigatebird, which boasts a 7-foot wingspan and...ornithologist agreed, saying the last accepted frigatebird sighting in Illinois was in 1988 after...picture of it, but is confident it was a frigatebird -- in part because it glided so smoothly...
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