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George and Geraldine, Short-tailed Albatrosses on Midway, hatch their latest egg
The 2021 chick is revealed by George, photograph by Jon Brack, Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, January 2021 and watch the video clip George and Geraldine make up the sole pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Diomedea albatrus...
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Online albatross jigsaw puzzles for armchair marine ornithologists
Puzzle this one: Tristan Albatross and chick on Gough Island, photograph by Michelle Risi “The days of our years are three score and ten” - Psalm 90, verse 10 (King James Bible). It seems then that the ACAP Information Officer is several years past his...
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UPDATE: Incubation underway. Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine return to Midway Atoll
UPDATE: BREEDING UNDERWAY Geraldine incubates her 2020 egg, photograph by J. Plissner/USFWS "The game camera images show that the female laid the egg on the evening/night of October 28. She remained at the nest with the male often present until the...
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Presentations on albatrosses and bycatch at the Pacific Seabird Group’s 2020 meeting
The Pacific Seabird Group held its 47th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA over 12 - 15 February this year. A list of presentations on albatrosses and seabird bycatch by fisheries with their senior authors follows. Their abstracts may be found...
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SECOND UPDATE. Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine's second chick fledges
SECOND UPDATE The Short-tailed Albatross chick is reported to have successfully fledged (click here). "The thrill of seeing this rare bird fly off into the rising sun was amplified by raising my hopes for last year’s chick, the first-ever known to have...
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The Hawai‘i Wildlife Center rehabilitates albatrosses - and supports World Albatross Day
The Hawai‘i Wildlife Center (HWC), based on the ‘Big Island’ of Hawaii, is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, conserving and aiding in the recovery of Hawai‘i’s native wildlife through hands-on treatment, research, training, science...
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The Pacific Seabird Group joins two other seabird groups in supporting World Albatross Day 2020
The Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) is a society of professional seabird researchers and managers dedicated to the study and conservation of Pacific seabirds and their environment. The PSG was formed in 1972 out of a need for increased communication among...
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ACAP Breeding Sites
Introduction In February 2013, ACAP Latest News commenced posting a series of brief accounts describing breeding sites of ACAP-listed species. In considering what constitutes a breeding site, differences in conservation management procedures have been...
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The Kure Atoll Conservancy supports the inauguration of World Albatross Day on 19 June
The Kure Atoll Conservancy is a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting management programmes that enhance biological diversity, ecosystem health and cultural resources of the Kure Atoll Seabird Sanctuary in the USA’s North-Western Hawaiian...
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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...