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i took this the same day i took the one of the royal tern. i have looked and look to find the name of this bird. can anyone help? enjoy!!! thanks to member "queenie" i now know about the bird. here's the info she sent me.Hi Jeenie. I looked it up in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Birds. It shows a picture of this bird............... It is a female "Magnificent Frigatebird" (fregata magnificent). The females are distinguished by the white breast; the males, red breast. "The male has a throat patch that inflates to a huge size during courtship". They are "silent at sea; harsh gutteral calls during courtship". They are found in open ocean and inshore waters; nests on mangrove islands. They lay 1 white egg in a flimsy nest of sticks built in mangrove clumps. In breeding season, they are mostly in Florida Bay, and elsewhere in tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In non-breeding season, ranges to coasts of NC, TX, and CA. Where did you see this one?? Not in Phoenix, I imagine! :-)) It also says "Frigatebirds, also called man-o'-war-birds, are among the most agile of birds on the wing. They have the largest wingspread in proportion to weight, of any bird. In addition to stealing fish from other seabirds, their most famous method of obtaining food, they can soar for hours" and then dive to grab fish or the young of other birds. "Frigates never alight on the ground or the water; their short legs and narrow wings maide it difficult to take off except from a height, such as the limb of a tree or a rock."