Airborne attack!!!

[atpaula]

D5 & AF-S 500mm f/4G VR-II on tripod.
Thank you for looking.

[Akira]

Hilarious and stunning at the same time!  Well captured, Aguinaldo.  The bird (I cannot identify) literally looks like a stealth bomber. 

[Mike G]

Akira it is a Frigate Bird, well known as a superb flier that robs other birds of their food in the air.😉

[atpaula]

Hilarious and stunning at the same time!  Well captured, Aguinaldo.  The bird (I cannot identify) literally looks like a stealth bomber. 

Thank you Akira.
It is a danger situation everyone experiences all the time without knowing it. lol

[atpaula]

Akira it is a Frigate Bird, well known as a superb flier that robs other birds of their food in the air.😉

Thanks Mike.
I witnessed many of these steals during the photo session.
Perhaps you could also explain the white color of that shit. What kind of food processing these birds do?

[Mike G]

Aguinaldo, sadly I'm not an expert in the analysis of avian shit, but have noticed over a few years that most birdshit is a dirty white, a part of their digestive processes I assume.

That has exhausted my knowledge of birdshit.

[atpaula]

Aguinaldo, sadly I'm not an expert in the analysis of avian shit, but have noticed over a few years that most birdshit is a dirty white, a part of their digestive processes I assume.

That has exhausted my knowledge of birdshit.

 

[Jan Anne]

Wow, awesome detail on the cloaca action!!

[Tristin]

Man dles that look convenient!

I am envious of some qualities of other digestive systems of the animal kingdom.  Aerial dumps, digesting bones, etc.

[Mike G]

Obviously J-A is the go to man with queries about birdshit.

[stenrasmussen]

Perfect...this is very acid!

[Akira]

Mike, thank you for the identification of the bird.  And, yes, I also observe that the birdshit is often dirty white. 

[Mike G]

Akira, my pleasure.

[Mongo]

excellent shots of the frigate bird Aguinaldo. Nice detail and lighting. These are very fast birds (unless hovering on the wind) and hard to photograph well. Also, like most birds shot upwards towards a bright sky (especially dark coloured birds) it is difficult to get the right amount of light under the wings and body to really see the detail (despite a little + EV). You have done extremely well in all these issues.

As for the "attack" , Mongo is sure it wasn't personal. Maybe they just like to shoot at any extra fine equipment for extra points....

always enjoy your images and don't let them hit that equipment.

[atpaula]

Thank you all for the comments.