![]() “Christmas Island frigatebirds are kleptoparasitic,” explained guide and wildlife expert Lisa Preston, introducing me to a wonderful word as well as to one of the island’s many endemic species. As vicious as it was captivating, this display of nature in the raw left me feeling a bit unsettled. ![]() ![]() Repeatedly they tore at the tails of red-footed boobies, causing the smaller birds to drop the fish from their bills, which these hovering heisters then caught mid-flight. Soon the birds were zooming on the ocean squalls like jets, just feet above my cliffside lookout point. At first the fork-tailed shapes reminded me of pterodactyls, gliding low over the rainforest with huge wings outstretched.
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