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Sixty-something Wisdom the Laysan Albatross returns to Midway for yet another breeding season
Wisdom, the World’s oldest-known Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis, now considered to be at least 64 years old and first banded as an adult in 1956, was sighted preening her mate (band number G000) on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on 22...
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The Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll fledges its third chick in four years
The Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on Eastern Island, part of the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific, has fledged its third chick in four years since commencing egg-laying in the 2010/2011 breeding...
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UPDATED Mystery chick found on Nakodojima: a sixth breeding locality for the Short-tailed Albatross?
The Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus breeds mainly on the Japanese island of Torishima (Izu Islands) and on Minami-kojima in the disputed Senkaku Islands. A single STAL pair has bred successfully several times on Eastern Island,...
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ACAP Breeding Site No. 68. Laysan Island and its albatrosses form part of USA’s Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
One of the USA’s Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NHWI) in the North Pacific, Laysan Island is a raised coral atoll with a central 70-ha hypersaline lake. Its area is about 4 km² (1.6 by 2.4 km); it is one of the largest islands in the NHWI chain. The...
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ACAP’s Executive Secretary, Warren Papworth to present a seminar in the USA next week on that country becoming a Party to the Agreement
Warren Papworth, Executive Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels will next week give a lecture in the NOAA Central Library Brown Bag Seminar Series in Washington, D.C., USA on 27 February on the subject “Why the...
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UPDATE: Petition has reached 4188 signatures requesting the USA to ratify ACAP
UPDATE: The petition now aims to collect 5000 signatures and to date has reached a total of 2804 (07 February 2014) and 4188 (08 March 2014). The National Audubon Society, an NGO based in the USA, has initiated an on-line petition that requests US...
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The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll hatch their third egg
The Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair breeding on Midway Atoll’s Eastern Island for the third time successfully hatched its egg on 9 January (click here). “A year ago last fall, the male returned and patiently waited but the female...
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The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll get ready to hatch their egg
A pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus are currently aiming to hatch their third egg on Eastern Island, part of the USA’s Midway Atoll. Click here to watch a recent video clip from the nest’s webcam. Midway's male...
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Female-female pairing in Laysan Albatrosses: a radio interview with Lindsay Young
Listen to a radio interview with ACAP News Correspondent, Lindsay Young of Pacific Rim Conservation on female-female pairing in Near Threatened Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis in Hawaii (click here). Laysan Albatrosses on Midway Atoll....
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Wisdom, the sexaganerian Laysan Albatross and her mate are back incubating on Midway Atoll once more
Wisdom the famous Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis of Midway Atoll in the North Pacific laid her latest egg on 29 November 2013 - exactly a year and one day since she laid her egg in 2012. Wisdom is thought to be the oldest banded wild bird in...
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