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Establishing Black-footed and Laysan Albatross colonies by translocation and social attraction
Eric Vanderwerf (Pacific Rim Conservation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation on a project to create new colonies of Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P....
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Presentations on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels and on seabird bycatch at the Pacific Seabird Group’s 46th Annual Meeting
The Pacific Seabird Group held its 46th Annual Meeting on the Hawaiian island of Kauai from 27 February to 3 March 2019. A list by senior author and title follows of presentations made at the meeting that considered ACAP-listed species and also seabird...
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Hope for a new colony: two Black-footed Albatrosses seen courting within the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve
Two Black-footed Albatrosses Phoebastria nigripes are being seen regularly within the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, according to a Facebook posting by the NGO Pacific Rim Conservation which monitors breeding Laysan...
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Year three translocating Black-footed Albatross chicks to start a new colony is underway in Hawaii
Twenty-five Black-footed Albatrosses Phoebastria nigripes (Near Threatened) chicks were translocated from Midway Atoll to within a predator-proof fence in the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu on 16 February this...
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Protection offered to Laysan Albatrosses attempting to breed on Oahu’s north coast
Globally Near Threatened Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis have been reported breeding this season in the north-eastern corner of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu at Kahuku Point. In response the NGO “non-profit” Hawaii Marine Animal Response...
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Help rear translocated albatrosses and petrels in Hawaii next year: interns wanted
Pacific Rim Conservation (PRC), a conservation NGO based in Hawaii, is looking for up to three non-paid and self-supported interns to participate in its Seabird Restoration Program. The project is based at the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on...
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Translocations of Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses in Hawaii; a case study
Eric Vanderwerf and colleagues of Pacific Rim Conservation have published a case study that describes their work translocating eggs and chicks of Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses in an endeavour to create a new...
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First hand-reared Laysan Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge as a three-year old
The first Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis hand-reared from an egg translocated from Kauai has returned to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu in the Hawaiian islands after three years at sea in the North Pacific Ocean. VIO6, a...
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Second year of translocating Black-footed Albatross chicks to higher ground gets underway in Hawaii
In February 2017 15 globally Near Threatened Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes chicks were translocated by air from the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Reserve for hand rearing in the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian...
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Laysan Albatrosses commence breeding in Hawaii’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
The James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu has its first breeding pair of globally Near Threatened Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis. After three years of social attraction with decoys and a call-broadcasting...