Two Magnificent Frigate Birds were spotted on the North end of Sundown Island when we first arrived to do the annual bird census. This is a photo of either a juvenile male or an adult female. The other frigate bird was a male (but no photo of it). Photo credit: Diane Nunley

The colonial-waterbird 2008 annual-census takers were: Chester Smith, Warden of Sundown Island, Ed Taylor, David Newstead (Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program), Andy Kasner (Audubon), Clare Lee and Robyn Cobb (Fish & Wildlife Services), Kim Withers (TAMUCC), Diane Nunley (TOS) and Marcy Spears (Houston).

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Two Magnificent Frigate Birds were spotted on the North end of Sundown Island when we first arrived to do the annual bird census. This is a photo of either a juvenile male or an adult female. The other frigate bird was a male (but no photo of it).

Photo credit: Diane Nunley