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The photo below is not that great.  Sometimes we get so used to seeing something that it becomes ordinary to us and we forget to record it, or we take a bad photo and do not bother to go back … Continue reading →

This is a little film of an interaction between 3 albatrosses who all fledged from nests in Princeville.  Unfortunately, I do not know the sexes of these birds.  I wish English had a pronoun that could be used for a … Continue reading →

When I first moved to Princeville there was a large weedy piece of property not too far from my house, with two albatross nests on it.  The land was zoned for condominiums and  eventually work began on two developments that … Continue reading →

The chicks are spending more and more time working on what I call their auxiliary nests. As they move away from the nests their parents built, they use their bills to grab whatever materials are nearby and place them around … Continue reading →

I live in a neighborhood where about half of the albatross nests in Princeville are located. At times I can hear adults displaying, both during the day and at night.  Somehow this ritual helps them to choose a mate.  For … Continue reading →

I sometimes forget that many people reading this blog have never seen any albatross interactions except in documentaries.  Even checking the birds every day I miss seeing most of these albatross activities, but now that I have this blog to … Continue reading →

This is actually, no way to put this very delicately, albatross poop.  As my neighbor Roger is my witness, this was in a neighbor’s driveway.  I guess if we could have jackhammered it out, we could have sold it on … Continue reading →

The chicks are starting to leave their nests.  Often they will build nests of their own, sometimes in better locations than the ones their parents built.  For example, one chick hatched in a nest in tall grass, taller than he … Continue reading →

I usually see the first albatross in Princeville in the second week of November.  Most often the nesters return first, usually the males precede the females.  Sometimes the males jump females other than their mates; this is how female/female couples … Continue reading →