Frigatebird sp. La Jolla

At 11:54, I was at the Y in La Jolla, next to Cliffridge Park, on the ellipticals, looking out the picture windows on the second floor that face towards the ocean, when a frigatebird suddenly appeared outside from the West, catching an updraft. I had milliseconds to see it before it zoomed upwards out of sight through the windows. By the time I leapt off the machine and got outside to search for it, it was 1/2 mile north and heading north.
Views were much too brief to see relevant details.

My spur of the moment identification, based on not noting a white collar or white in the breast, during the milliseconds I had it in view, was that it likely was a male of some species or another.

I stayed outside on the balcony at the Y for 20 minutes, in the hopes that it might circle back, but no luck.

Stan Walens, San Diego
May 30, 2026; 11:27am