Date: 8/6/26 1:55 pm From: Adrian Lakin <adrianlakin1...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Magnificent Frigatebird
I had nothing better to do today, so I drove over to Lake Granby. No luck
on the Frigatebird after 4hrs. I drove the south and west shores twice,
went over to Willow Creek reservoir and to Shadow Mountain lake, but no
luck. It could just be roosting in a tree.
Cheers,
Adrian Lakin,
Mead, CO
On Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 8:53 AM Scott Somershoe <ssomershoe...> wrote:
> Connecticut had a lesser frigatebird in late June as well.
>
> [image: 1200.png]
>
> eBird Checklist - 24 Jun 2026 - Falkner Island - 1 species
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S377967035> > ebird.org <https://ebird.org/checklist/S377967035> > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S377967035> >
>
> Scott Somershoe
> JeffCo
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 6, 2026, at 8:37 AM, Nathan Pieplow <npieplow...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Peter et al.,
>
> Two Lesser Frigatebirds have been reported in the US this year, one in
> Ohio and one in California. (See
> https://www.aba.org/lesser-frigatebirds-in-ohio-and-california/). This
> species can be difficult to separate from Magnificent Frigatebird; key
> marks include white on the axillary feathers and sometimes a pinkish bill.
> Peter, is there any chance you can make the photos from Aug 1-2 available?
> If it's a Lesser Frigatebird it would be a first state record and the 8th
> for the ABA area. (One of the accepted Lesser Frigatebird records is from
> Wyoming.)
>
> Anybody who chases this bird today should try to get good looks and photos
> to confirm which frigatebird species is involved.
>
> Nathan Pieplow
> Boulder
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM Peter Gent <gent...> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Late yesterday evening, I received an email with a report of a female
>> Magnificent Frigatebird from Rainbow Bay in Lake Granby. This report is now
>> on eBird. I then found a CBRC report of the same bird seen along the south
>> shore of Lake Granby on August 1 and 2. This report has a better, but not
>> great, photograph. So, it looks like the bird has been there for a few
>> days. This would be the 5th state record of this species in Colorado.
>>
>> Cheers, Peter Gent.
>> Boulder.
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