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

146K views · 4.7K reactions | The Northern Royal Albatross cam featured another success story in New Zealand this past year. Let's recount some of the top moments from the marathon breeding season as we watched Lilibet grow from hatch to fledge! The #RoyalCam is in collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation. | Bird Cams | Facebook

The royal family did it again this year! A pair of Northern Royal Albatross successfully raised their single chick to fledging over a marathon 10-month breeding season. Enjoy these highlights from the 2020-21 cam season at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve on New Zealand's South Island. Thanks to our partners at the New Zealand Department of Conservation for helping us share the lives of these giant ocean wanderers with the world. | Bird Cams

🔊 Sound on! The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service captured the spectacular courtship dance of black-footed albatross on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in November. Around this time of year, USFWS said, the beautiful seabirds, named ka’upu in Hawaiian, will start hatching at the refuge. #Wildlife #Conservation #Birds #Albatross #Midway #Nature #Environment #Earth | Environmental Defense Fund