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Wingman

October 30, 2008

Two Bora Bora seabirds jostle for position over a school of feeding reef sharks, looking for any leftover goodies. I think we have a great frigate bird up top and a greater crested tern down below, but I’ll take other suggestions from any savvy birders in the audience. The frigate birds look pretty tenuous when they’re soaring on thermals near the cloud base—but they’re seriously impressive up close.

Frigatebird vs Tern