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The conservation team on Midway Atoll helps advertise World Albatross Day
From left: Jimmy Breeden, Kelly Goodale, Elaine Beaudoin, Joanna Morelli, Nicole Faber, Joey Latsha, Emily Jankowski, William Kennerley, Jon Plissner, Tim Clark, Virginie Ternisien, Tristen Luxner, Suzanne Pluskat, Alex Chmielewski, Amanda Boyd and...
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The latest chick of Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine on Midway Atoll is growing apace
"On March 2nd, George came to feed its youngster, and spent more time with it". Photograph by J. Plissner The latest chick of George and Geraldine on Midway Atoll is growing apace. The latest news from the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife...
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UPDATE: Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, George and Geraldine, hatch their latest egg
UPDATE: "After three weeks since it hatched on January 2, the downy chick appears healthy and is growing everyday while its cousins — the Laysan and Black-footed chicks — are still in hatching mode. The remote camera revealed that the chick is being...
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UPDATE. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, and the world’s oldest known bird, is back on Midway Atoll
UPDATE: The pair on 9 November, photograph by Emily Jankowski / USFWS Wisdom's current mate (Akeakamai; Red G00) was seen back on Midway on 9 November, next to Wisdom (Red Z33). It is suggested it is a bit late for an egg this season, so they may take...
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Short-tailed Albatross to get a new five-year status review
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is initiating a five-year status review of the globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in terms of the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). A five-year status review is based on...
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UPDATED. George and Geraldine are back! Midway’s Short-tailed Albatross pair return for a new breeding season
UPDATE: As of 13 November, Midway's Short-tailed Albatross pair is incubating a new egg. ********************************************* On 23 October this year two globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus were seen back on...
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Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine fledge the first documented chick from Midway Atoll’s Sand Island
“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, that have been attempting to breed on Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll are thought to have fledged their first chick this year – and the first...
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UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, have hatched their first egg
“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, returned to Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll in the north Pacific in October last year (click here). Since then the pair laid an egg which...
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Single Short-tailed Albatross pairs return to Midway and Kure Atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, returned to Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll in the north Pacific on October 24 and October 25 this year, respectively, thereafter reported as...