Pointillist portrait of Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine by ABUN artist Holly Parsons for ACAP’s World Albatross Day on 19 June, after a photograph by Jonathon Plissner. Geraldine is the darker bird in front on the nest. Acrylic on...
single pair of Short-tailed Albatrosses breeds on the USA’s Midway Atoll, where they are affectionally known as George and Geraldine. Flávia’s painting below depicts the darker female incubating on the nest, with the male (now longer known as “Lonesome...
out to 50 nautical miles (93 km) around each island are included within the monument. Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine on Sand Island, Midway Atoll. Artwork by Flávia Barreto of Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN), after a...
Short-tailed Albatrosses "George and Geraldine enclosed in an ethereal protective boundary" by Agnieszka Elliott from a photo by Jonathan Plissner Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) have extended the date for artwork submissions to Project...
Top: The banner created by Marion Schön for ABUN Project #47 “Marine Protected Areas” Bottom: Artworks (L-R): George and Geraldine, Short-tailed Albatrosses by Flávia F. Barreto from a photo by J Plissner; Short-tailed Albatross chick by Marion Schön...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George (left) and Geraldine brood their latest chick on Midway Atoll, 26 December 2023, photograph by Nick Minnich The lone Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair well known as George and Geraldine on the USA’s Midway...
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...
chicks, the Short-tail chick is the fourth to be reared to banding age by its parents, the well-known pair George and Geraldine, on Sand Island since 2019. On goes the green MOO colour band, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Andrew Sullivan-Haskins The...
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...
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...