Half Beaks for Lunch...or Not!

Half Beaks for Lunch...or Not! | Wallhanging by Martha Thompson | Artists for Conservation
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Half Beaks for Lunch...or Not!

Dimensions:
22.75" H x 30.00" W
Medium:
Watercolor
Subject(s):
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Original for Sale:
Original Available
Available as Ltd Edition:
Yes
Artist will donate 10% to CEDO Intercultural from sale of this work.
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$5,500 USD

On one of our boat trips in the Gulf of California, we were exploring a small estuary on the Baja side.  As I was taking pictures of a vulture sitting on a cardon cactus, I heard my friend yelled "Martha, look up!".  These two magnificent frigatebirds were flying, one after the other, slamming against each other several times in the air.  I was lucky to point my camera just as they flew right over me and took a few shots.  When I was checking the photos in the screen on the back of the camera, I thought that the small dark speck was a feather that had come off the bird in the crash.  It turned out that it was a halfbeak and the bird had "spit it out" by the force of the other bird crashing against it.  It still managed to save its lunch as the photos I took showed the one bird that spit it out, got it back!  I learned that frigatebirds steal food from other birds in this manner as part of their natural behavior.

 

"Medio Pico para el Almuerzo… ¡o No!"

En uno de nuestros viajes en barco en el Golfo de California, andábamos explorando un pequeño estero en el lado de Baja California.  Mientras andaba tomando fotos de un zopilote parado en un cardón, oí a mi amiga gritando “¡Martha, mira hacia arriba!”.  Estas fragatas magníficas andaban volando, persiguiéndose, golpeándose una contra la otra varias veces en el aire.  Tuve suerte de apuntar mi cámara justo cuando pasaron volando arriba de mí y tomé unas pocas fotos.  Cuando estaba revisando las fotos en la pantalla de la parte trasera de mi cámara, pensé que la manchita negra era una pluma que se la había caído a uno de los pájaros en el choque.  Terminó siendo un medio pico (balao) y el pájaro lo había “escupido” con la fuerza de la colisión del otro pájaro contra éste.  De todos modos, pudo rescatar su almuerzo ya que las fotos que tomé muestran que ¡el pájaro que lo escupió, lo volvió ha obtener!  Me enteré de que las fragatas magnificas roban la comida de otros pájaros en esta forma como parte de su comportamiento natural.

Available Editions of this Artwork

Edition Info Edition Size Dimensions Edition Price
| Giclee (signed/numbered) 200 22.00" H x 30.00" W $350.00 USD

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