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Laysan Albatross some dozen or so miles west of Cypress Point on the Central California Coast. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Middle Autumn. By Blake Matheson.
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a rare and critically endangered species (a global population of ~1200) has found midway but lacks a possible mate
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Immature chick
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United States
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The Black-footed Albatross. On Monterey Bay. By Blake Matheson.
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this invasive weed (Verbesina enceloides) is crowding out some of the available nesting areas on eastern and sand is.
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California, United States
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shortly after laying the male takes on the responsiblities of brooding the egg
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Midway Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands
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The Black-footed Albatross. On Monterey Bay. By Blake Matheson.
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Kilauea, Hawaii, United States
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Black-footed Albatross over the Monterey Submarine Canyon. From Monterey Bay, off Central California. Blake Matheson.
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Galapagos albatrosses observed courting behavior.
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Black-footed Albatross. Off Monterey Bay. Early Autumn. By Blake Matheson.
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Waianae, Hawaii, United States
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On Espanola Island, Galapagos
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The Black-footed Albatross. On Monterey Bay. By Blake Matheson.
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black-footed albatross dancing
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""Dueling beaks?" --- this contact with the beaks continued for at least 15 minutes, interrupted only when one adult pointed its beak vertically at the sky."
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they are well insulated for their forage flights into the N Pacific and Alaska's Aleutian Is.