In a message dated 7/17/00 4:01:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dpaulson at ups.edu
writes:

> > >I live in Kane, Pa. and I recently saw a bird that I can't identify.
> > >It was gray with a black or darker gray face and a reddish area that
> >extended
> > >from the underside of the head to the wings. It looked like it was a
> pouch.
> > >It had a long bill and the wings were slender and seemed oddly shaped.

Sure as heck sounds like a frigate bird to me. Weird!

Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA
NJPharris at aol.com