Maybe this should be under the Navy tag. We'll see. But it's of general, as well as military, interest. I dunno...
Left:
Magnificent Frigate Bird - over what was then the Canal Zone. The riots broke out shortly after this and when I returned to Norfolk, I was greeted with "what did you *do* down there???
More on that elsewhere, when I get around to it.
Crappy pic but of all the F-birds around there, that's all I got. All I had was a twin-lens with no telephoto. Well, I had other cameras with me but they were for a different purpose.