Date: 5/25/26 7:55 pm From: Stan Walens via groups.io <stan.walens...> Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] An addendum to my post on the frigatebird
> We all assumed that the bird might have been quartering low over the Trestles area because it was looking for a place to roost.
But that is a very hilly area. Frigatebirds are capable of flying all night long, and the bird—well-fed after hanging around fishing boats for days—may have been looking for an onshore wind pushing the air upwards against the hillsides that would enable it to gain altitude.
So it may still be around…or it may be hundreds of miles away…..
I intend to keep looking for it. Elsewhere, of course.
