Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

George (left) and Geraldine return for a new breeding season, photograph by USFWS/Jonathon Plissner UPDATE: The Short-tailed Albatross have an egg for the 2023/24 season and incubation is proceeding, with the male having taken over duties from the...
UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

USFWS Bio-technician Laura Brazier and Supervisory Biologist Jon Plissner band Midway’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick on 16 April 2023, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Andrew Sullivan-Haskins “Wow! What a big chunky fuzzball” – Hob Osterlund,...
Start of a new colony? The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll are up to five this season

Geraldine with her 2023 chick, photograph by Caren Loebel-Fried George and Geraldine, the sole pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus breeding on Midway Atoll, have hatched their latest egg that was laid back in October last...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are back incubating on Midway, and they have some new friends!

George incubating this month, photograph by Jon Plissner/USFWS Geraldine, the Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus was seen back on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island on 20-21 October and since then her mate George has been incubating. A...
Updates on the conservation of albatrosses in the Hawaiian islands

The 2019 fledgling Short-tailed Albatross (right) returns to Midway Atoll. Its parents are on the left; photograph by Jon Plissner Note: ACAP Latest News aims to post on recent developments and findings in procellariiform science and conservation...
No chick for Midway’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair this season

George and Geraldine (left) will not rear a chick in 2022; photograph by Jon Plissner, 20 January 2022 ACAP Latest News has been following the fortunes of George and Geraldine, the Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on the...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are incubating again on Midway Atoll

George and Geraldine in October 2021 The globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair is back for another breeding season on the USA's Midway Atoll – the sole pair that currently breeds on the North Western Hawaiian island....
Well done George and Geraldine! Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross chick is soon to fledge

The 2021 Short-tailed Albatross chick approaches fledging, photograph from the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge George and Geraldine make up the sole pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Diomedea albatrus that breed on Midway...
Midway’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets banded

The Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands from Jon Plissner and Chris Forster George and Geraldine make up the sole pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Diomedea albatrus that breed on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island. They commenced breeding on...
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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UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

Start of a new colony? The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll are up to five this season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are back incubating on Midway, and they have some new friends!

Updates on the conservation of albatrosses in the Hawaiian islands

No chick for Midway’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair this season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are incubating again on Midway Atoll

Well done George and Geraldine! Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross chick is soon to fledge

Midway’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets banded

George and Geraldine, Short-tailed Albatrosses on Midway, hatch their latest egg

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels