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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...
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The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge gives its views on World Albatross Day 2020
The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (FOMA) is a non-profit organization that works to help preserve, protect and restore the biological diversity and historic resources of Midway Atoll, while providing opportunity for...
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The numbers are in: Midway Atoll’s latest Annual Albatross Nest Count approaches half a million breeding pairs
Five of the thirteen 2019/20 albatross counters on Eastern Island next to a WWI gun; from left: Breck Tyler, Martha Brown, Craig Marsh, Susan Scott and Caren Loebel-Fried Photograph by Martha Brown Totals of 446 791 occupied nests of Laysan Albatrosses...
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Crossing the Equator: the WAD2020 Banner Challenge reaches Midway Atoll
Banners to help raise awareness of this year’s inauguration of World Albatross Day on 19 June have been made and photographed by researchers on nine breeding islands so far, all in the southern hemisphere. But albatrosses also breed north of the...
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World Albatross Day 2020 "Eradicating Island Pests" posts
Introduction The first World Albatross Day was celebrated on 19 June 2020. Following discussion, and consideration of the main threats facing albatrosses identified in a recent review in the scientific journal Biological Conservation, the theme of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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