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The golf courses are particularly popular with non-nesters, and sometimes I find the chicks there surrounded by adult albatrosses.  The adults often fly around the golf course looking for other birds, which are easy to spot on the green lawns. … Continue reading →

In February I posted a video of a very young chick being fed.  The one in the film below is Sammy, who is much older and is rapidly approaching giant sized.  He is being fed by his father,  KP730. Some … Continue reading →

In Princeville we have trained all of the albatross chicks to sit by signs with their names on them to make it easier to see what names homeowners have given to the chicks living in their yards. Actually, the chick … Continue reading →

I am especially fond of the ones I call the old-timers, the albatrosses I have watched since I first started collecting data eight years ago.  Among these are KP338 and KP643, who nested this season across the street from me. … Continue reading →

The chick at one nest finally had enough of the non-nesters tromping around his nest and occasionally pecking at him. Touché!

It must be a milestone in a chick’s life when Mom and Dad stop sitting on him.  Some of the parents continue to try to cover them even when the chicks have clearly outgrown the space that is available underneath … Continue reading →

Every year some of the nesters from the previous year do not return to Princeville.  If albatrosses who have never nested do not return, it is possible that they relocated to one of the other colonies on the north shore … Continue reading →

An albatross chick must peck on the parent’s bill to stimulate feeding.  The parent will regurgitate a delicious meal made up of food that was picked up on the last flight out to sea, mixed with stomach oil, an energy-rich … Continue reading →

The albatrosses in Princeville are branching out.  Yesterday I counted 7 who were hanging out at local condominiums, displaying or just sitting around.  Clearly, they are doing this to make my life more difficult.  I now have to check their … Continue reading →

A few days ago I watched a five-year old male albatross who was trying desperately to touch a 3-day old chick. Before I started to observe them, I would not have expected to see birds doing this, this is a behavior … Continue reading →