I've been enjoying watching this royal albatross nesting live stream from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head in New Zealand for the past few months.
They often sit on the egg for more than a week at a time until they swap with their mate to feed. Once it hatches, the baby will be there for more than 200 days...
The baby albatross has hatched and they’re now taking turns feeding it and keeping it warm. So cute! 🐣
It seems like it won't be too long before the albatross is big enough to fly! He's been doing some little practise jump-and-hovers lately 😌 (the parents are still returning regularly to feed him!)
Royal Albatross chick Manaaki has fledged at 240 days old 🥲
It’s that time of the year when the Royal Albatross Live Cam is up and running again at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head (near Dunedin) in New Zealand!
There are two nests in view this year, with albatross pairs currently taking turns to incubate their eggs:
https://www.youtube.com/live/HqLu2QuyPPE
You can watch it all the way through September, since that’s how long it’ll take them to incubate, hatch, grow and fledge! 😀
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And today the baby albatross, TF, fledged! He hatched way back on January 23 and fledged exactly 8 months later.
His mum, LGL, came back just afterwards and is now looking around wondering where he went.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhIv9iBzWk
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Albatross nesting has begun for the year at Dunedin in New Zealand 😀
The pair on the live cam this year are RLK (red-lime-black), a 12 year old male, and GLG (green-lime-green), a 14 year old female, which successfully raised two chicks in 2021 and 2023. GLG laid their egg on the 11th of November and it usually takes about two and a half months for the egg to hatch. Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhIv9iBzWk
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The albatross chick has now hatched and RLK is feeding it and keeping it warm. *squee* So cute! 🐣
(you can rewind the live stream to get a glimpse of the chick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhIv9iBzWk
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Speaking of cute #NewZealand birds, this year’s #Albatross cam chick fledged today at 232 days old!
And in just a couple of months the next season will start!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYqzddsT6pA
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