Frigatebird Feeding Time
This might be the best sequence of photos that I took on this trip. We were at the frigatebird colony (which I showed previously) and I witnessed and photographed some baby frigatebird feeding. Frigatebirds normally only have one baby – but a big baby. Baby frigatebirds don’t learn how to fly for about one year. During that first year, the young bird just stays in the nest and squawks for food. This baby is actually young and small. In this sequence, I got the baby frigatebird in its nest waiting for mom to come back with food.
Now you see mom with some fish for junior.
In the third photo, the baby frigatebird gets impatient and dives in for its dinner.
This is the same third photo but I tried to blow it up to give a better view of baby bird with its head down mom's throat.