Visiting frigatebirds Updated: Updated: December 15, 2020 17:22 IST Following recent records of frigatebird sightings in Chennai, an analysis of why these birds bring a mixture of joy and agony to birders Share Article A Lesser Frigatebird near Thalassery, Kerala, in July 1996. Photo: C. Sashikumar
Following recent records of frigatebird sightings in Chennai, an analysis of why these birds bring a mixture of joy and agony to birders It is easier for a frigatebird with a 7.5-feet wingspan to go through the eye of a needle than for it to be identified straightaway — unless you answer to the name of David James. Accounts abound of how this Australia-based pelagic-birds expert has puzzled out the identity of many windblown frigatebirds recorded in India.