Re: Ziemeļu karaliskie albatrosi Jaunzēlandē 2025/2026

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7.17
Liekas, ka bērns tiek labi pabarots.

7.19

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10.43
Svēršana.



10.45
Cālīti pārbauda un apstrādā .

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10.45
Bērns atgriežas pie mammas.

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11.28
Ostas kamerās redzam, ka kaimiņu pāris nomaina viens otru.

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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod

At yesterday afternoons weigh in the chick is up to 290g. We have been using paper towels under the chicks to absorb some moisture from all the rain lately. The insect repellent has not been necessary in this weather. BOK has fed her chick twice since the last weight. WYL is over 400km from Pukekura, foraging on the east coast of the South Island.

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13.45
Sharyn apgriež zāli.

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14.47
Barošana.



14.48

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14.48
Te laikam mazulim nepiemērota barība .

14.49

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14.49
Ēšana beigusies.

14.49
Mazais pats mēģina atbrīvoties no nevēlamās barības.
Jācer, ka atnāks kāds darbiniekiem izvērtēt situāciju.

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17.23
Colins atnācis apskatīt mazuli un ligzdu.

17.24
Bērnu noliek zālītē, lai varētu sakopt ligzdu.

17.25
Mazulīti grib redzēt , kas notiek aiz garās zāles.

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17.25
Ligzda iztīrīta, saklāta ar sausām salvetēm un mazais var atgriezties zem mammas.

17.26
BOK pārliecinās, ka cilvēks tiešām aiziet.

Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod

The chick weigh 345g at this mornings weigh in. A food spill involving a squid beak occurred later in the day and has since been cleaned up. View — uploads.disquscdn.com
A squid beak was removed from the nest and not swallowed be the chick. BOK was likely slow to feed her new chick due to the large size of the food she had to give.

BOK Regurgitates Squid Beak During Feeding! Chick Spits Out! Weight & Squid Beak Retrieval 1.26.26
Lady Hawk

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27.janvāris
6.26
Brokastis.

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10.30
BOK.

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10.22
Rīta svēršana.



10.23
Un mazulītis atpakaļ ligzdā.

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Brīnišķīgs notikums - kolonijā izšķīlies 1000. cālītis.

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

1000 chicks have hatched since 1938. Read our media release here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-rele ... aroa-head/

500 of these chicks have hatched since 2007 when we celebrated the 500th chick to hatch.
Due to the extreme business of hatching just now and the fact that 3 chicks had hatched over night the 1000th chick is likely to be the chick of past Royalcam parents LGK and LGL at Top Flat.
It just so happens that Toroa the 500th chick and his parent Button are breeding this season. Button’s egg is now hatching but it will be a while before Toroa’s starts as it was the last to be laid this season.

2025/26 season update

Many chicks have hatched now. We are extremely busy with the bulk of the eggs hatching over the next 10 days. Forty-seven eggs were laid in total this season, 2 eggs have broken and 2 were infertile, three has been determined late dead embryos. Loses are inevitable, our work maximises the number of chicks fledging but cannot prevent all negative outcomes.


A lot of effort goes into protecting the hatching egg and vulnerable chick from fly strike which was, in the past, one of the leading causes of chick death at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head. For this reason, eggs are hatched in incubators then returned to the parents within a day of hatching.
Read more about our work with the toroa here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... albatross/

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/27/amaz ... -in-otago/

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19.14
Mirklīši pirms vakariņām un vakariņas.

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19.15
Vēl mazliet un mamma būs gatava barošanai.

19.19
Ēdam.

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28.janvāris
6.27
Brokastis, bet kamera attēlu rāda kā stiprā miglā.

6.27

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8.38
Saulīte pamazām nožāvē kameru.

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9.37
Atkal svēršana.