🔊 Sound—and we can't emphasize this enough—on. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service spotted this pair of endangered short-tailed albatross visiting Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 9th straight nesting season! Affectionately named George and Geraldine, the lovebirds are "rarities at the atoll on the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian archipelago, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Laysan and black-footed albatross nests," according to USFWS. The seabird was listed as endangered in 2

2K views · 23 reactions | ✨ Laysan Albatross spend most of their time soaring over the open ocean, far from North American shores! ️ During breeding season (late fall to mid-summer), 97.7% of them call the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands home. After that, they head north through the Pacific, eventually reaching Alaskan fishing regions. Talk about epic travelers!  #FunFactFriday | NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher | Facebook

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This is the first-ever World Albatross Day, and we’re highlighting DOC’s high-tech research to better understand and protect threatened Salvin’s albatross. But studying them isn’t easy… Read the full blog post here: https://bit.ly/2YLRN77 This animation shows the satellite transmitter data from 5 Salvin’s albatross as they left the Bounty Islands and headed north to New Zealand then crossed the Pacific Ocean to South America. | Department of Conservation

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