Detail View: Image Archives: Magnificent Frigatebirds at nest

File Name: 
0095-1382.jpg
catalog number: 
0095-1382.N
collection: 
Birds
title: 
Magnificent Frigatebirds 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: 
Magnificent Frigatebirds photographed on San Benedict Island (Isla San Benedicto) of the Revillagigedo Island group off Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou.The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as man o'war, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds.
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: 
3.93 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