Today I saw my first albatross chick. It is a Blackfooted Albatross. It turns out that one of the residence who works in the weather monitoring station first saw it on January 12th, but didn't find it exciting enough to tell the rest of us until last night after sunset. I guess that is the essential difference between residence and volunteers.
Baby Pictures:
Mom, not wanting to let us see the little one at her feet.
Baby's first picture. When the chicks are this young they are not able to thermoregulate yet, so they must remain under their parents for warmth.
Photo's courtesy of Nushe as I am the one with the stick trying to convince the mom to stand up.
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