Party time! Dance in the New Year with Pacific albatrosses

OK, so this is not actually "latest news", but it is the end of 2011, so let's celebrate an eight-month daily streak* with ACAP Latest News by dancing in the New Year albatross-style.

Choose your favourite albatross and enjoy!

Black-foots:

Dance One


Black-footed Albatross at Kaena Point, Oahu, Hawaii
Photograph by Lindsay Young

Laysans:

Dance One

Dance Two

Dance Three


Laysan Albatrosses on Isla Clarión, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
Photograph by Ross Wanless

Waveds:

Dance One

Dance Two

Dance Three


Waved Albatross, Isla Española, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Photograph by John Cooper

Short-taileds (and other species):

Dance One


Short-tailed Albatross, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, USA
Photograph by Cynthia Vanderlip

All the best to all for 2012.

*a spell or run (informal)

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 31 December 2012

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