One of the most memorable sights of a voyage through the Galapagos Islands is the courtship ritual of the Great Frigatebird. The males inflate their scarlet throat pouches, display their eight foot long wingspans, and sound a piercing trill. This one already sits on a nest of twigs in the shrubs near the shore, most likely stolen from other frigatebirds. Frigatebirds breed year round. This one may well be already incubating an egg, yet his desire to mate again is obvious.