Frigate

Frigate Bird
Frigatebirds (also listed as “frigate bird”, “frigate-bird”, “frigate”, “frigate-petrel”) are a family of seabirds called Fregatidae which are found across all tropical and subtropical oceans. 
They have predominantly black plumage, long, deeply forked tails and long hooked bills. 
Females have white underbellies and males have a distinctive red gular pouch, which they inflate during the breeding season to attract females. 
Their wings are long and pointed and can span up to 2.3 metres (7.5 ft), the largest wing area to body weight ratio of any bird.
Able to soar for weeks on wind currents, frigatebirds spend most of the day in flight hunting for food, and roost on trees or cliffs at night. Their main prey are fish and squid, caught when chased to the water surface by large predators such as tuna. 
Frigatebirds are referred to as kleptoparasites as they occasionally rob other seabirds for food, and are known to snatch seabird chicks from the nest. 
Seasonally monogamous, frigatebirds nest colonially. A rough nest is constructed in low trees or on the ground on remote islands. A single egg is laid each breeding season.

2. An island not far from me.

3. The frigates came flying in.

4. They covered the island.

5. A female coming late.

6. A female left and male right.

7. The male’s pouch is not inflated.

7. The female is pretending not to notice.

8. The male is talking, female not looking.

9. Pouting.

10. Starts to inflate his pouch.

11. Female preening.

12. Two females now.

13. Posing.

14. Is he looking?

15. Male.

16. Another male.

17. He has a big pouch.

18. She is watching.

19. Resting, starting to inflate pouch.

20. She flies away.

21. Males watching, one on right is inflating his pouch.

22. He has a large pouch too.

23. More coming to the island.

24. Another female.

25. Waiting

26. Two more females coming.

27. Male checking out the island.

28. Cormorant, anhingas, everyone here.

29. Now he has his pouch inflated, she is interested.

29.If I inflate any more, I cannot see!!

30.OK, looking.

31.Deflated.

32. Inflated a little.

33.The women are watching.

34.Two males.

35.looking good.

36.I am over here, see my pouch!

37.Large pouch not inflated, smaller one?

38. Shaking it out.

39. Males and females.

40. Males

41. Female on right.

42. Female close up.

43. Male close up.

44. Female grooming.

45. Female all set.

46. Male all set.

47. My pouch is bigger than yours.