A Redbilled Tropicbird has just caught a small fish and a Frigate bird noticed. The Frigate will try to grab the smaller Tropicbird and fly out over the water with it. The idea is to put as much stress as possible on the smaller bird until it literally "Coughs Up" the fish. Use the DOWNLOAD where provided for a better view.
In the next to the last shot the fish is being given up and in the last shot the smaller bird is set free and the Frigates will begin their own fight over the prize.
The series was taken in The Galapagos Islands; I just returned from a trip there.
Frigate bird is trying to grab a smaller Tropicbird
(
Download)
Still Trying
The Frigate bird is flying out over the water with the smaller bird in its grasp
By now the smaller bird is probably in great distress
(
Download)
Smaller bird hasn't given up its catch yet
Smaller bird coughs finally up the fish
(
Download)
(
Download)
If you want to reply, then
register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.