Magnificent Frigatebird
| Fregata magnificens | Order: Suliformes | Family: Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) |
Fregata magnificens
Order: Suliformes
Family: Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)
This huge seabird, seen in the US primarily off coastal Florida, especially the Keys, occasionally wanders inland, especially following hurricanes. The one pictured here died in Ithaca, New York, following an Atlantic hurricane.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Kissimmee! 2023
- Hurricane Update 2017
- Searching for the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Part II 2013
- October Storm 2010
- Frigatebird Necropsy 2009
- Katie's Bike Trip 2008
- Birds in the News: Hurricane Charley, and drug testing for pigeons 2004
- Hurricanes and Birds 2004
- Department of Defense vs. Birds and the Environment 2002
- Iiwi 2000
- Sixteen Years 1999
- Hurricanes and Birds 1998
- Florida in May (UD) 1997
- Micki and Maude (reworked from 1988) 1991
- Mobbing and Piracy 1989
- Movie Review: Micki and Maude 1988
- Why Birdwatch? Charlton Ogburn Explains 1986