Ziemeļu karaliskais albatross, Jaunzēlande, 2016/2017

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Kad viens atgriežas, otrs aizlido. To jau mēs vērojam visas ligzdošanas laikā.

To es saprotu, bet ja tētis aizlidoja, tad mamma ir kaut kur netālu, tikai neredzam kamerā un kaut kad parādīsies.

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10.21 Tētis ( ir zili melns gredzens) tomēr nebija nekur tālu devies, ir atpakaļ.


10.53

11.19

Ja neseko līdzi no pašas sezonas sākuma, tad tiešām ir grūti iebraukt, kāda te tā kārtība.

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11.24 Mazais tiek pabarots.

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12:04
Pavisam grūti tētim ar bērna sildīšanu

12:22
Spārniņi

12.:24
Tētis dosies projām?Tad mazulis arī

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13:45
Atlidojusi bērnam mamma

14:08
Mamma stāsta un bērns uzmanīgi klausās

14:16
Barošana

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14:52
Gan jau arī šeit bijusi svēršana,esmu palaidusi garām

15;10

16:15

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16:33
Jāvēro visu ko mamma dara

16:34

16:35
Viesis,kurš arī mammas klātbūtnē grib paknibināt mazuli,bet tiek sabārts.

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16:37
Kamēr mamma rāj staigātāju,mazais grib pataustīt mammas asti,bet dabū aizrādījumu

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17:05
Mamma grib atkal doties pastaigā,mazais visu laiku stāsta savu stāstāmo

17:06

17:09
Mazais pierunājis mammu un tā nāk viņu sildīt,bet mazulis atkal cenšas izstāstīt,ka virsū gulties nevar.Tad mammīte ļoti saudzīgi uzguļas uz pašas astītes

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17:18

17:49
Mamma turpat netālu

17:59

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18;13
Kāds staigātājs izrādās,mamma baras.

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20:05
Mamma aizgājusi,tad uzrodas ciemiņi.Kāds ar zaļu gredzenu sadomājis bērnu tīrīt,bet bērns kustēties nedrīkst,tad ir īsts knābiens

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20:48
Viens pats

21;04
Jauks notikums,naktī mazo var redzēt


Atkal tumsa

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Labdien!
Raganiet, paldies par komentāriem, izskatās, ka abi vecāki tagad zina, ka mazo atstāj vienu un tāpēc vairs nepaliek prom ilgi ne viens, ne otrs.

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Labdien!
Raganiet, paldies par komentāriem, izskatās, ka abi vecāki tagad zina, ka mazo atstāj vienu un tāpēc vairs nepaliek prom ilgi ne viens, ne otrs.

Labdien!
Laikam jau abi tagad aizlidos un atlidos,tikai tētis liekas tāds apzinīgāks.Arī šoreiz aizlidoja,kad zināja par mammītes ierašanos.

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The Royal Albatross Centre

DoC COLONY UPDATE from Head Ranger Lyndon Perriman.
21 of 23 chicks have spent time alone (this is the post guard stage), A walk around this morning, I was meet by a number of nervous chicks. This makes weighing them difficult as one wrong move on approach or handling and the chick will vomit (looks like one has done this over the last few days, probably in response to adolescent "bad"-behaviour (where some adolescents are curious about the white fluffy thing in the grass and come over to investigate the chick). Unfortunately, some times these curious adolescent birds can be a little rough and that can lead to chicks' vomiting as their last defence against an intruder. If this happens, then it almost always leads to that chick being a nervous wreck for weeks/months afterwards.
When approaching chicks for their weekly weighing, we try to do it when an adult is present (a calming influence on the chick), however as we can see with the webcam chick currently there are long periods between visitations by the adults (and incidentally this webcam chick has had a rough time with adolescent birds over the last few days) so care is needed when approaching chicks of this age that are alone.
Some nervous chicks may not be weighed for weeks, but at this early stage of the post guard stage, as long as we see both parents regularly we can be fairly sure the chick will be at a healthy weight. However, as these chicks age it becomes vital to get them used to being handled and weighed; last season for example, there were four chicks that required long term supplementary feeding (due to missing parents or other causes) and most probably would not have survived without the additional food we provided (thanks New Zealand King Salmon!!)
Last week we had the cute little visitor pictured. Spirit is a trained mustelid dog, trained to detect the presence of stoats, ferrets and weasels . He was worked over non-albatross areas (To avoid making nervous chicks more nervous) and covered ground behind the albatross colony where he ignored scent of penguins, shearwaters and rabbits. Stopping only at traps where we had used stoat bedding as a lure for trapping other mustelids (Stoat bedding comes from a university where they are studying various aspects of stoat ecology. Using the bedding with stoaty smells seems to work as a lure to capturing these introduced predators as does other traps we have baited with meat or hen's eggs).
The good news is the dog didn't detect any other signs of stoats, the bad news is, stoats have large home ranges of several kilometres to forage, so while no scent was present on the day it doesn't mean the area is stoat free. It is this period now that chicks are most vulnerable.

(Lūgums iztulkot,ar tulkotāju lasot likās interesanti)

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The Royal Albatross Centre

DoC COLONY UPDATE from Head Ranger Lyndon Perriman.
21 of 23 chicks have spent time alone (this is the post guard stage), A walk around this morning, I was meet by a number of nervous chicks. This makes weighing them difficult as one wrong move on approach or handling and the chick will vomit (looks like one has done this over the last few days, probably in response to adolescent "bad"-behaviour (where some adolescents are curious about the white fluffy thing in the grass and come over to investigate the chick). Unfortunately, some times these curious adolescent birds can be a little rough and that can lead to chicks' vomiting as their last defence against an intruder. If this happens, then it almost always leads to that chick being a nervous wreck for weeks/months afterwards.
When approaching chicks for their weekly weighing, we try to do it when an adult is present (a calming influence on the chick), however as we can see with the webcam chick currently there are long periods between visitations by the adults (and incidentally this webcam chick has had a rough time with adolescent birds over the last few days) so care is needed when approaching chicks of this age that are alone.
Some nervous chicks may not be weighed for weeks, but at this early stage of the post guard stage, as long as we see both parents regularly we can be fairly sure the chick will be at a healthy weight. However, as these chicks age it becomes vital to get them used to being handled and weighed; last season for example, there were four chicks that required long term supplementary feeding (due to missing parents or other causes) and most probably would not have survived without the additional food we provided (thanks New Zealand King Salmon!!)
Last week we had the cute little visitor pictured. Spirit is a trained mustelid dog, trained to detect the presence of stoats, ferrets and weasels . He was worked over non-albatross areas (To avoid making nervous chicks more nervous) and covered ground behind the albatross colony where he ignored scent of penguins, shearwaters and rabbits. Stopping only at traps where we had used stoat bedding as a lure for trapping other mustelids (Stoat bedding comes from a university where they are studying various aspects of stoat ecology. Using the bedding with stoaty smells seems to work as a lure to capturing these introduced predators as does other traps we have baited with meat or hen's eggs).
The good news is the dog didn't detect any other signs of stoats, the bad news is, stoats have large home ranges of several kilometres to forage, so while no scent was present on the day it doesn't mean the area is stoat free. It is this period now that chicks are most vulnerable.

(Lūgums iztulkot,ar tulkotāju lasot likās interesanti)

21 no 23 cāļiem ir pavadījuši laiku vienatnē, rīta apgaitā satikos ar vairākiem satrauktiem mazuļiem. Tas padara grūtāku svēršanu, jo viena nepareiza kustība tuvojoties vai sverot var izsaukt cālim vemšanu (izskatās, ka viens mazulis ir vēmis pēdējo dažu dienu laikā, iespējams, atbildot uz sveša pusaudža garāmgājēja "slikto" uzvedību, izrādot interesi par balto pūkaini). Diemžēl reizēm šie ziņkārīgie pusaudži var būt nedaudz asi un tas var novest pie vemšanas kā mazuļa pēdējās aizstāvības pret svešinieku. Ja tā notiek, tad tas gandrīz vienmēr noved pie tā, ka mazulis kļūst satraukts nedēļām / mēnešiem ilgi pēc tam.
Tuvojoties mazuļiem iknedēļas svēršanās, mēs cenšamies to darīt, kad pieaugušais ir klāt (nomierinoša ietekme uz cāli). Taču, kā mēs varam redzēt tiešraides ligzdā, šobrīd pieaugušo vizītes ligzdā ir retas (starp citu, tiešraides mazulim bijusi neapskaužama pieredze ar garāmgājējiem pēdējo dažu dienu laikā), bet aprūpe ir nepieciešama arī tad, ja cāļi ir vieni.
Dažus nervozākos mazuļus nevar svērt pat vairākas nedēļas, taču šajā agrīnajā posmā, kamēr mēs redzam abus vecākus regulāri, mēs varam būt diezgan pārliecināti, ka tiem ir veselīgs svars. Tomēr mazuļiem augot, svarīgi, lai mazuļi pierastu pie tā, ka tos sver un pārbauda. piem., pagājušajā sezonā 4-iem mazuļiem bija nepieciešama papildus barošana (sakarā ar vecāku ilgo prombūtni vai citu iemeslu dēļ) un, visticamāk, tie nebūtu izdzīvojuši bez papildu barošanas.
Pagājušajā nedēļā mums bija jauks mazs apmeklētājs. Spirit ir apmācīts suns, lai noteiktu sermuļu, sesku un zebiekstu klātbūtni. Viņš strādāja teritorijās bez albatrosiem (lai nesatrauktu mazuļus) aiz kolonijas teritorijas, kur viņš nevarēja tikt maldināts ar pingvīnu, vētrasputnu un trušu smakām. Viņš apskatīja tikai slazdus, ko izmantojam sermuļu un citu plēsēju ķeršanai. Labā ziņa ir, ka suns neatklāja nekādas plēsēju pazīmes, slikta ziņa ir tā, ka plēsēju barošanās teritorijas ir vairāku kilometru diapazonā, tas nozīmē, ka lai arī dienā nav jūtamas plēsēju pēdas, tas nenozīmē, ka to nav. Pašlaik ir tas periods, kad mazuļi ir visneaizsargātākie.

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The Royal Albatross Centre

Liels,liels paldies,lianaliesma!
Nemāku ielikt smaidiņus -puķītes,bet saliktu daudz,daudz.
Pareizi tomēr biju novērojusi,ka mazulim ir bailes no tiem staigātājiem. Un likās,ka vairākas reizes viņi nodara sāpes mazajam pūkainītim.Tāda ir viņu dzīve un ļoti jauki,ka visu laiku tiek uzmanīti

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