Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

UPDATED: George and Geraldine are back - and have an egg!

Geraldine on Sand Island, Midway Atoll in October 2024, photograph by Chris Forster UPDATE: George and Geraldine are now reported as sharing incubation stints on an egg so their seventh breeding season is properly underway. News from the Facebook page...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

A Short-tailed Albatross chick on Midway Atoll, photograph by Narongkorn Thatsanangkun George and Geraldine, the well-known pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island fledged their latest chick around...
Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

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...
Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

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...
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

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...
World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

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...
Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

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...
George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

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...
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

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...

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UPDATED: George and Geraldine are back - and have an egg!

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine have fledged their fifth chick on Midway Atoll

Keeping it in the family. George and Geraldine’s latest chick gets its bands while older sibling Short-tailed Albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll

Flávia Barreto supports the conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross with her art for World Albatross Day 2024

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

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

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