Google Earth Community: "Lydia" the Christmas Island Frigatebird

The story of Lydia's flight to get food for her "chick" has been all over the news. I found it really intriguing, being the Christmas season, and Christmas Island.

It's also interesting that Lydia was off in search of food and went to such lengths to get it. Kind of makes you think she did this without any thought of receiving anything in return. I'd say that's truly in the Christmas spirit.

This took a long time to put together and I hope you all like it. The path for "Lydia" was laid out using the Polygon tool, and an image overlay published by BirdLife International who is conducting this research by a grant from the USA.

You can even see the volcanoes that "Lydia" flew over (near).

Any feedback would be welcome.

Change Log:

1/19/06
Added an enhanced map of Christmas Island.
Added a Breeding Grounds map overlaying the above map.
Added placemarks of the Christamas Island Frigatebird's Breeding Grounds.
Added a link to a movie w/audio of the Christmas Island Frigatebird. (note: it is widely belived that this bird only makes sounds when its in its bredding grounds.
Added many more pictures of the Christams Island Frigatebird to various placemarks.
Added 2 more Volcanoes that were near Lydia's flight path and a brief description about these volcanoes.

1/14/06
Corrected Christmas Island placemarks and map

12/31/05
Fine tuned some of the placemarks.
Added more information about Christmas Island (Kiribati).
Added a satelite image of Christmas Island
Added Placemark "About Kiribati & It's People" (includes a poem about Frigatebirds and Christmas Island by Jane Resture
Added Placemarks for several volcanoes, and infformation about each, that Lydia flew over or nearby.
Added more pictures of frigatebirds, see Facts.

Thanks,

Gary

Edited by ghodges (01/20/06 09:14 AM)

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