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- Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Spitzer's Orion (2011 Sep 17)
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Re: APOD: Spitzer's Orion (2011 Sep 17)
The Magnificent Frigatebird is silent in flight, but makes various rattling sounds at its nest. The sharp outline of the wings may cause some observers to misidentify a Frigatebird as a modern featherless pterosaur. It is widespread in the tropical Atlantic, breeding colonially in trees in Florida,...