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. I finally got to see males with their inflated throat pouch in the Dry Tortugas in April 2025.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Magnificent Frigatebird 2025
- Magnificent Frigatebird! 2025
- The Dry Tortugas! 2025
- The Dry Tortugas! 2025
- 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