Detail View: Image Archives: Female Great Frigatebird on egg at nest

File Name: 
0095-1363.jpg
catalog number: 
0095-1363.N
collection: 
Birds
title: 
Female Great Frigatebird on egg at nest
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey; Ed N. Harrison; R.J. Niedrach
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Female Great Frigatebird sitting on an egg on a ground nest photographed on San Benedicto Island (Isla San Benedicto) of the Revillagigedo Island group off Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou. The female is larger than the adult male and has a white throat and breast.
date: 
4/20/1940
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
Mexico, San Benedicto Island
modified: 
yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.70 MB
source: 
2.5 x 3.5 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000 at 1000 dpi
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science