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The Pacific Seabird Group's next Annual Meeting is to be held in Hawai'i in 2012
North Pacific albatrosses have been in the news of late, especially the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus, with the first American chick doing well on Midway and the first translocated fledgling returning to Mukojima Island. The Pacific...
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News from Midway: watch America's first ever Short-tailed Albatross chick get fed
Click here to view the latest pictures of the first Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick on USA soil: on Eastern Island, in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the...
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Short-tailed Albatross population on Torishima continues to grow
News is available on the size of the 2010/11 breeding population of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Japan's Torishima Island. In December 2010 Hiroshi Hasegawa of the Biology Department, Toho University counted 481 breeding...
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First bird back! Good news from the Short-tailed Albatross Translocation Project on Japan's Mukojima Island
Two significant events have taken place on Japan's Mukojima Island in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands this month where attempts are being made to start a new breeding colony of Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus by translocating chicks from...
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A real American chick! The Midway Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch their egg
A real American chick! The Midway Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch their egg An important- and hopeful- milestone in the conservation of the threatened Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus was recorded four days ago on 14 January at Midway Atoll...
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The Short-tailed Albatross nest fails on Kure Atoll, Hawaii
After close to two months of incubation by both members of a suspected female-female pair (click here), the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus nest on Kure Atoll has failed. Between 23 and 25 December the immature-plumaged bird took over...
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All change at Midway's Short-tailed Albatross nest: the female returns to incubate
The following report comes from John Klavitter, Acting Reserve Manager, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. "In the morning of December 1, 2010, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) volunteers checked the...
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Another ACAP exclusive, and another Short-tailed Albatross nest in Hawaii
It appears that Hawaii is becoming a hot destination for Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus in 2010. Despite numerous sightings of this species in the Hawaiian Archipelago over the last several decades, there are no records (either...
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The Short-tailed Albatross mate returns to its nest on Kure Atoll, Hawaii
After an 18-day incubation stint, the second member of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on Kure Atoll, Hawaii returned on 17 November to relieve its mate of incubation duties. For previous information on the Kure Atoll breeding...
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The Short-tailed Albatross lays eggs on Kure Atoll, Hawaii
The rarest of the North Pacific albatross species, the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus, has only been documented breeding on islands off Japan, despite increasing sightings of individuals among other albatross colonies in the Hawaiian...