Monthly Archives: November 2016

So far I this season I have seen 58 banded albatrosses.  I have also seen some unbanded ones, but I do not know how many different ones I have seen. Last year in the same time period I saw 38 … Continue reading →

After being attacked by K233 and his new mate, purpleO324 left Princeville.  But first she spent the night less than 20 feet from her former mate and KP465. I looked back at my data and found that the year before … Continue reading →

I talked about K233 in my last post.  He and his mate, purpleO324, have been together since the 2009-2010 season, and have raised 4 chicks together. Last season, they did not have an egg. If I ever run a marriage … Continue reading →

As of yesterday, there were 4 albatrosses in Princeville.  I told you about KP400.  The others live down the block from me. I watched K233 get banded by Brenda Zaun, USFWS wildlife biologist, in 2007.  Since he was unbanded, nothing … Continue reading →

KP400 is always one of the first albatross residents to return to Princeville, after several months of fattening up on all the ocean goodies, perhaps flying as far north as Alaska. He was raised in the same neighborhood that he … Continue reading →