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Royal Albatross ~ RLK Meets His New Chick!
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(GT)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
The Royalcam nest.
The Royalcam chick has hatched and been returned to the nest under RLK/A85.
Weighing in at 286g on hatching day and now at 400g on day 3, we will be tracking the chick’s weight up until fledging in September. Before this time the chick should weigh at least 7kg. https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... ks-weight/
Comparisons of average male and female chick weights and all the past Royalcam chicks are on these graphs also.
We will weigh the chick twice a day for the first week and once a day, typically in the morning for the second week. After the second week weighing will be once a week, mostly on a Tuesday, weather allowing.
During the first couple of weeks, we check the chick over for any issues such as food spills in the nest that can attract flies.
Read more about the work we do with the toroa here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... albatross/
Where is GLG?
GLG has flown a distance of at least 450km in the last 3 days and is now off the coast of Christchurch/Banks Peninsula.
The squid, fish and octopus that the albatross is found on or just below the surface of the ocean. This is why they have to fly such long distances to find food. The following link contains a video that shows some foraging behaviour.
Satellite Tracking or How we know where they are.