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Here is your Happy Thanksgiving news…. I expect to find Kp531 sitting on the egg at nest number 1 tomorrow.  KP467 will need to go out to sea and eat, to build up her strength for the months of incubation … Continue reading →

There is a little bit of albatross drama going on in my neighborhood.  Last week,one of the first birds to return to Princeville, KP467, met up with her mate from previous years, KP531.  Last year this couple abandoned their egg … Continue reading →

I was asked how many albatrosses I had seen so far so I checked my data.  I  was surprised to find that as of today I have already seen 29.  Of those, 28 have nested in previous years.  The one … Continue reading →

I wanted to add a note to my last post, about Gaga and the fence we had to put up to keep her off of the golf cart path.  The fence did not totally surround her, it just separated her … Continue reading →

It was another quiet day on Wednesday.  Blue 027  continues to sit in the middle of the golf course, waiting for her mate.  KP731 has not been joined by his mate on the same golf course yet.  KP792, the female … Continue reading →

There were no new albatrosses in Princeville today.  Yesterday KP467 finally met up with her mate in my neighborhood, today she was gone and he was sitting alone.  They should meet again in ten days more or less, then she … Continue reading →

Today KP467, who has been waiting in my neighborhood several days for her mate, was reunited with him. The behavior in this photo is typical of nesting couples.  They sit close together and gently groom each other’s faces. When I … Continue reading →

Today I saw blue KP027 on the Lakes golf course.  This is her third day there, not far from the area where she and her mate usually nest.  Last year her mate built a nest and laid an egg and … Continue reading →

Another female nester arrived in my neighborhood.  KP792 came in the morning but was gone by the afternoon.  Last year she had a nest with KP505, a male.  Both In 2007-08 and 2008-09 KP505 raised a chick with another female, … Continue reading →

Today the first albatrosses returned to Princeville.  The first ones that I saw were on the Makai Lakes golf course.  I saw one I know as Mr. Pastry Bird, KP731.  We once found a Danish pastry sitting next to his … Continue reading →