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Phoebastria albatrus
Short-tailed Albatross
(shown with Phoebastria nigripes, Phoebastria immutabilis)
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Photographer: Eric White
ID: 0000 0000 0522 0988 (2022-05-25)Copyright © 2022 Eric White
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Nov 13, 2016
location
Sand Island, Midway Atoll (Midway Atoll, Unorganized and unincorporated US Territory, Sand Island (Kuaihelani or Pihemanu) (Midway Atoll, NW Hawaiian Islands), United States Minor Outlying Islands)family
Diomedeidae
notes The US Fish & Wildlife Service Refuge Manager introduced me to 'George', or 'Lonesome George', a Short-tailed Albatross who had been coming to Midway for years and not finding a mate. I returned to George's location 4 days later and found a large bird hanging out with Lonesome George, but without the golden feathers on its' head and neck. It had a dark band on the back of its' neck, and a large pink bill. When I reported this to FWS, they verified it as another Short-tailed Albatross and the pair has returned every year since, with 2 successful fledglings (2019 & 2020). Note the Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses around the pair.camera Olympus TG-4
photo category: Animal - Bird
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Short-tailed Albatross, Steller's Albatross (photographer)
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