Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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Online albatross jigsaw puzzles for armchair marine ornithologists

UPDATE: Incubation underway. Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine return to Midway Atoll

SECOND UPDATE. Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine's second chick fledges

The conservation team on Midway Atoll helps advertise World Albatross Day

The latest chick of Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine on Midway Atoll is growing apace

UPDATE: Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, George and Geraldine, hatch their latest egg

UPDATE. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, and the world’s oldest known bird, is back on Midway Atoll

Short-tailed Albatross to get a new five-year status review

UPDATED. George and Geraldine are back! Midway’s Short-tailed Albatross pair return for a new breeding season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine fledge the first documented chick from Midway Atoll’s Sand Island

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