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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Update
19 of the 24 chicks have fledged, 5 chicks remain on the headland, the youngest of which is 231 days old today. Five new seasons adults have been sighted so far.
The two male chicks who were hovering near the cam recently are from the area to the right of the Hcam
Chick who was rescued from Aramoana on Wednesday has fledged successfully during the strong Southwest change late this morning.One of the other chicks was gaining some height discovered , not be long for this one to leave either.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
All of Atawhai's cohort from the 2019/20 season gave now fledged.
They will learn to take off from the swell of the ocean where the wind lifts them from the crest of the swell.
They will learn to eat wherever their highly acute sense of smell takes them.
... Šī ir Šaronas karte,kur redzams virziens, kurā atrodas Čīle, un pasaules google karte, kurā redzama Taiaroa Head un Čīle, šķiet, ka cāļi lokā dodas uz Dienvidameriku.(GT)...This is Sharyn's map showing the direction Chile is in, and world google map showing Taiaroa Head and Chile, chicks seem to travel in an arc to South America.
Šarona Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
29 individual Toroa/Northern Royal Albatross have been sighted by Department of Conservation Rangers so far for the 2020/21 season.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
An established pair has reunited and mated within view of the Royalcam thanks to the ability from Cornell Bird Lab to pan and zoom the cam. From around 16.43 today the pair are heard skycalling, popping and preening, yapping. A third albatross appears but is moved off by the male.The pair have mated twice and are yapping, bill pointing and pulling grass in the area. There is a good chance this is where they will build their nest and have fertilised their egg. It will be about 3 weeks before the egg is laid.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
We now have 52 individual albatross in for the 2020/21 season, with many of these being seen for the first time today. This includes some past Royalcam parents such as YWK, LGL and BK.
The pair who mated on cam last night are RLK (male, 8 years) and GLG (female, 10 years). They are very young but had laid a fertile egg last year. However the egg died and GLG went missing. It is likely that they will spend the next few weeks coming and going from this area. RLK is likely to spend more time than GLG as she will be feeding up more in preparation for laying the egg.