Detail View: Image Archives: Great Frigatebird
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File Name:
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0095-1370.jpg
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catalog number:
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0095-1370.N
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collection:
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Birds
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title:
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Great Frigatebird
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creator:
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Alfred M. Bailey; Ed N. Harrison; R.J. Niedrach
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Great Frigatebirds 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 plumage of males is black with scapular feathers that have a green iridescence when they refract sunlight. Females are black with a white throat and breast and have a red eye ring.
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date:
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4/20/1940
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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Mexico, San Benedicto Island
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modified:
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yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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4.18 MB
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source:
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4.25 x 3.25 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000 at 710 dpi
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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