Episode 60: Frig Off! (Magnificent Frigatebird)

Magnificent Frigatebird? More like Massive Frigatebird! With huge 7 foot wings, a big red throat sack, and the longest breeding period of any sea bird, the Magnificent Frigatebird lives life large. It even will throw its weight around to steal food from all manner of creatures, earning its comparison to a frigate warship. Learn all about the life history, evolution, and population threats to this amazing bird of the tropics.

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All Bird Sounds are from xeno-canto.org

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Begging Call by Ricardo José Mitidieri

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Calling and bill snapping by Bobby Wilcox

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Drumming by Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado

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Fighting sounds by Bobby Wilcox

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Intro music by Ricky Pistone and Outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music

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Short clip of “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe” by Barry White used