Re: Ziemeļu karaliskie albatrosi Jaunzēlandē 2025/2026

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14.52


17.52
Albatrosu bērns uzkāpis augstāk.

18.13
Spārni.

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18.18
Divi satikušies , bet nav draudzīgi.



18.53
Vakars un redzama viena balta galviņa .

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19.septembris

6.18
Rīts un albatrosu meitiņa vēl tepat.

8.31
Bērnam laikam jāsagaida īsti vējaina diena.
Un galvenais, lai būtu pareizais vējš.

9.06
Ostas kamera.

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9.19
Knābis pie kameras.

9.20
YF33

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12.28
Divi bērni satikušies.

14.29
Kāds atpūšas.

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15.02
Vēl kāds bērns dodas lidojumā.



18.39
Spārnu treniņš.

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18.55
Skats no ostas kameras.


Sākas jaunās sezonas gaidīšana.
Pēdējie bērni vēl gatavojas aizlidošanai, bet jau tiek gaidīti pirmo nākošās sezonas vecāku atgriešanās.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=albatrosscentre

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20.septembris

6.09
Vēl tumsa un albatrosu bērns arī tepat.

7.29
Treniņi, atkal stiprs vējš un tas sev līdz aiznesīs vairākus albatrosu mazuļus.

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8.55
Šogad izdodas redzēt diezgan daudzu bērnu lidot mācīšanos.



8.56
Stiprs vējš.

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9.23
Šis lidotājs esot kāds no vecākiem.



9.46
Ostas kamera.

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15.54
Kļūst aizvien tukšāks.

16.14
Vēl kādu sver, jo ir nepieciešama papildbarošana.

17.50
Vakars.

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21.septembris
7.46
Skati no ostas kameras.

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18.02
Atlidojis kāds no vecākiem un bērni mēģina izlūgties barošanu.
Taču vecāks negatavojas barot, jo šeit nav viņa bērns.
(Vērošanas gadu laikā atceros tikai vienu reizi, kad kāds vecāks pabaroja svešu bērnu.)



18.02

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18.03
Sarunas turpinās, bērni neapmierināti.



18.04
Sarunās tiek izmantoti dažādi paņēmieni.

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18.05
Vecāks aizlido un tas ir bijis WYL.

18.05
Nelielas domstarpības un izklīstam.

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18.36
Treniņi.

18.36
Skaistie spārni.

18.36
Albatrosu bērns nav gatavs lidojumam.

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22.septembris
9.20
Rīts un ostas kamerās redzami divi albatrosu bērni, varbūt vēl arī trešais, kurš nogāzē.

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9.31
Svēršana.

9.32
Cilvēki dodas vēl kādu svērt.

13.56
Spārnus trenē, bet lidot vēl nav gatavs.

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16.33
Kāds uzlidojis ļoti augstu, bet tomēr lidojumā nedosies.

16.33

17.30
Šovakar redzams tikai viens bērns, bet citi aizdevušies garākās pastaigās.

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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod

Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)

Royalcam News

WYL and BOK and Āwheo at Plateau nest.
Āwheo means ‘halo’
Āwheo hatched on the 22nd of January 2026 and fledged on the 4th of September at 225 days of age.

Āwheo may be gone but there is still lots to watch on Royalcam, over half of the chicks have fledged so far but the parents will still come in to check on them.

Note that the cam will stay in place until a new nest for viewing is chosen after egg laying in November.

2025/26 season update

A record 40 chicks hatched this season and there are a few more males than females. Fledging has started with the first chick leaving on the 2nd of September. Weights drop prior to fledging in September. All chicks received their alphanumeric and Stainless-steel bands. This season’s cohort of chicks are not receiving GPS (except for Top Flat chick) or GLS tags as enough data for the Marine Teams purposed has been collect. Prior to fledging the chicks regurgitate a bolus of indigestible squid beaks as part of the normal preparations for fledging.

Read more about our work with the toroa here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... albatross/

Once leaving Pukekura juveniles quickly learn about life on the ocean where they will spend 85% of their lives. They will learn to feed off the east coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand before crossing the 9000km across the Pacific Ocean to the Humbolt Current off the coast of Chile. Juveniles do not touch ground for on average 5 years when they return to their breeding ground having circumnavigated the globe.

The parents of fledging juveniles, now exhausted from the 7 months of feeding a huge chick also head across the Pacific Ocean where they will spend the next 12 months building up reserves for a new breeding season in 1 years’ time.
Past Royalcam family’s news

Read more about the Royalcam families here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... al-family/

The parents (LGK and LGL) of Karere, Tiaki and Kiwa have a male chick at Top Flat, number 1000 for the life of the colony. The chick received a GPS tracker and fledged on the 12th of September.

Last 10 days of Top Flat chicks GPS tracking data, Top Flat has stayed relatively close to the takutai/coastline before heading out across the continental shelf. The higher the number in the coloured circles, the more time has been spent in the area.

YWK and KGY, Moana’s parents have a male chick (now fledged) and Tūmanako’s dad BK and his new mate RLW have a female chick. GO and WO, the foster parent’s of 2018 chick Amīria had a broken egg but are raising a female foster chick.

Past Royalcam chicks that have returned to Pukekura are Moana, now 10 years old, Tūmanako and Amīria. Tūmanako, who fledged in 2017, returned at the end of 2021 and has been ‘keeping company’ with a 7-year-old female (i.e. serious about breeding).