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year at Midway with a total of eight individuals so far was recorded, including the well-known breeding pair George and Geraldine for their ninth breeding season (watch the video of them mutually allopreening), along with several of their offspring...
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George and Geraldine (in front) on Midway Atoll, December 2025 George and Geraldine, the solitary pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific, have returned to their usual Sand Island breeding...
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can be found here. Feel free to share this voting poll with friends and family. The more voters, the better!” George and Geraldine: Midway's breeding Short-tailed Albatrosses, artwork by Holly Parsons John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement...
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on canvas board, and that her painting measures 16 x 20 inches (40.5 x 51 cm). Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine by Holly Parsons for ACAP’s World Albatross Day on 19 June 2024, after a photograph by Jonathon Plissner. Geraldine is the...
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George (on left) and Geraldine, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Joe Owen Midway Atoll’s well-known Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus George and Geraldine did not hatch their egg this breeding season, according to a report from the Facebook...
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on the Midway Atoll’s Sand Island in the North Western Hawaiian Islands are well known. Affectionally named George and Geraldine, they have fledged five chicks out of six annual breeding attempts since 2018/19. No chick was produced in the 2021/22...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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