Re: Ziemeļu karaliskie albatrosi Jaunzēlandē 2025/2026

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16.45
Milzīgs barības gabals.

16.47
Redz krāsu joslas - BOK.

16.49
Vēlreiz liels gabals. Mamma atsteigusies pabarot savu bērnu, bet barība vēl nav pārstrādājusies.

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16.49
Gara barošanas reize.



16.51
Mamma aiziet.

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17.16
Kāds nolaižas.

18.31
Lieldienu zaķītis.

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6.aprīlis
8.56
Albatrosu bērnam brokastis.



8.58
Barotāja ir mamma, bet jau aiziet.

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9.04
Mazulītis tīra savu uzvalciņu.

9.05

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13.39
Ligzda tukša...

13.39
Bet bērns tepat vien ir.

14.05
Pagaidām tika daži solīši ārpus ligzdas.

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16.42
Ļoti uzmanīgs mazulis.

17.08
Atpūšas, bet actiņa sardzē.

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7.aprīlis
00.29
Sen neredzēts viesis.
Melnais kaķis atkal staigā gar ligzdām.

Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod Terry

The chicks are now ranging in size from 4 to 7kg (based on last week's weights) and this cat is half grown. Although it could potentially scare a chick, making it more nervous and difficult to handle, it is very unlikely to attack one. Most attacks on chicks occur in the last couple of weeks of the guard stage when they are too big to be fully covered by the parent. As toroa have evolved without land predators they are unaware of the danger of these introduced species such as cats and stoats. A post guard stage chick can vomit up oil that would put off a predator, and this cat is likely new to hunting on its own and will be looking for smaller prey such as mice and rats. We do trap for predators such as feral cats and stoats at Pukekura.

10.29

3.52
Bērns guļ, bet kaķa staigāšanu pat nejuta, jo ir stiprs vējš.
Visapkārt liels troksnis.

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9.41
Atkal mamma.

9.50
Barošana.

9.52
Mazajam ēst gribas vienmēr.

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9.55
BOK aiziet.

12.35
Lielajā vējā bērns vairāk guļ, bet reizēm izkustina spārniņus.

14.28

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14.36
Kāds staigā, mazulis vēro.

15.10
Plosās vētra.

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17.38
Ballīte, taču bērnu ballētāji netraucē.

17.41
Pamet pulcēšanās vietu.

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17.44
Stiprajā vējā drošāk tomēr gulēt.

18.00

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Tiešraides bērnu šodien nesvēra.

Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Kia ora koutou(hello everyone)

Royalcam News
The chick hatched on the 22nd of January 2026 and is now 75 days old (7 April).

The chick was not weighed today. Only light chicks were weighed today. Last week’s weight was 6.2kg and above average. Average weight for a 75-day old male is 5.9kg.

Track the chick's weight: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... ks-weight/

The chick had been fed 5 times by both parents since the last update, once by WYL and 4 times by BOK. As the chick gets bigger longer trips will need to be taken as the parents need to provide enough food for a growing chick and themselves. Sometimes meals can be too large.

WYLs GPS update: Over the last 8 days WYL has been back to the headland once and has circled north of Pukekura on a round trip over to Rēkohu and back. Furthest distance from Pukekura is 960km.


BOK’s GPS update: over the last 8 days the greatest distance BOK has been from Pukekura iis 123km from the headland where BOK has stayed on the East Otago coast and has headed further south recently.

Chicks become defensive when not brooded by their parents. The best way of defending itself after clacking with its beak is to throw up oil. The oil puts off would be or perceived attackers but also means the chick loses nutrients and waterproofing of the down. They can also be nervous when handled and it can take some time for them to get used to the weekly weighing in the post guard stage. This is especially true of males and when they are not quite big enough to be handled by the bill.
2025/26 season update

A record 40 chicks hatched this season; however, one 2-day old chick has died leaving 39 chicks to manage. Monitoring each chick’s weight is now the big task until fledging in September. Chicks that are thriving will only be weighed every second week so this will bring down the top weight every second week. Current weights are ranging from 4 to 7.3kg.

Post guard stage has begun for all the chicks as they require more food while growing so fast. It takes 2 parents to raise a toroa chick and if for some reason they are unable to supply enough food we will step in and supplementary feed any chicks who require it. As it is important for the supplementary feeding work to be accurate knowing the sex of each chick is important. There are 17 females and 22 males. Although there is a slight male bias this year, past seasons have had a slight female bias. In the long term we have 50:50 males and females.

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