Sentences with phrase «footed albatross»

Midway is home base for many seabird species, from the Bonin petrels pictured above, to Great frigatebirds, Red - footed boobies, Black - footed albatross and more.

Midway is home to the world's largest nesting colonies of Laysan and black - footed albatross.

With 5.5 million sea birds nesting in the monument every year and 14 million residing in it seasonally it is collectively the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world, and includes 99 % of the world's Laysan Albatross (vulnerable) and 98 % of the world's Black - footed Albatross (endangered).

The hybrid we hung out with was far more interested in trying to dance with the Laysans than any near - by Black - Footed albatross.

At Rusty Bucket, my favorite spot, I could indeed see a definite lack of Black - footed Albatross nests and yet the dune I had helped clear of invasive plants three years earlier was still there, still beautiful.

About 110,000 Laysan and black - footed albatross chicks were killed by the tsunami and two severe winter storms on January 14th and February 11th.

There were 482,909 pairs of Laysan albatross, 28,581 pairs of black - footed albatross, and 1 pair of the endangered short - tailed albatross.

Despite its location, or perhaps because of it, It is a vital place for many threatened and endangered species including Laysan Albatross, Black - Footed Albatross, Green sea turtles, Hawaiian Monk Seals and many other species.

In addition to the terns, there are frigatebirds, noddies, tropicbirds, and Bonin Petrels, not to mention 600,000 breeding pairs of Laysan Albatross and 60,000 pairs of Black - footed Albatross — virtually the entire world populations.

But today's study looks at two species of Albatross native to the central North Pacific — the black - footed albatross and Laysan albatross.

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan killed an estimated 110,000 Laysan and black - footed albatross chicks — about 22 percent of this year's young — at Midway Atoll, where more than two - thirds of the world's Laysan albatross nest.

Birds nesting on low - lying islands being inundated by sea level rise — black - footed albatross, laysan albatross — and even the Hawaiian honeycreeper, which lives at higher altitudes, is being threatened by climate change too, in weird ways.

The tsunami of last year killed an estimated 110,000 Laysan and Black - Footed albatross chicks, which means bumper seasons for new chicks are needed more than ever.

We've also been seeing Pacific white - sided dolhpins, Risso's dolphins, Northern right - whale dolphins, black - footed albatross and a lot more.

Black - Footed Albatross Tracking Starting in July 2007, ten albatross have been tagged from Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Sought after birds will include the tubenoses: Black - footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Pink - footed Shearwater, Flesh - footed Shearwater (rare), Sooty Shearwater, Buller's Shearwater, Leach's Storm - Petrel, Black Storm - Petrel, Ashy Storm - Petrel, and Least Storm - Petrel (rare).

Her seventh graders at the Mare Island Technology Academy, in Vallejo, California, choose a seafaring species — such as the harbor seal, black - footed albatross, or leatherback turtle — and draw a picture of it, using pencil or ink.

Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson play miss - matched rivals whose shared obsession compels them to travel any length to spot the black - footed albatross or the great spotted woodpecker.

Listing Proposal: California golden trout, Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon, black - footed albatross, cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, western gull - billed tern, dusky tree vole, Alabama pearlshell, Choctaw bean, coquí llanero, fuzzy pigtoe, Mohave ground squirrel, Mojave fringe - toed lizard, narrow pigtoe, Oklahoma grass pink, Ozark chinquapin, round ebonyshell, San Bernardino springsnail, southern kidneyshell, southern sandshell, tapered pigtoe, Tehachapi slender salamander, Three Forks springsnail, 23 species from Oahu.

Black - footed albatross: A large, dark - plumed seabird that lives in northwestern Hawaii, the black - footed albatross is threatened by longline swordfish fisheries, which kill it as bycatch.

The black - footed albatross is among the many marine species researchers have been able to track using satellite tags.

By clarifying the movements and habits of a host of species, from black - footed albatrosses to great white sharks, the tagging study could help scientists and governments focus attention on particular regions to give species the best chance of persisting even as human pressures crest.

It is home to the world's largest colonies of Laysan and Black - footed Albatrosses, as well as millions of other seabirds.

Albatross foraging routes are shown for both the incubating and brooding phases for Laysan (a) and black - footed albatrosses (b), respectively.

Not exact matches

The prehistoric bird Pelagornis sandersi, with its 24 - foot wingspan — more than twice the wingspan of the albatross — was an unparalleled ocean soarer.

It's part of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of migratory seabirds, such as red - footed boobies, great frigatebirds and albatross, rest, forage or nest.

Look for the huge wings of the albatross and other local species like red - footed boobies.

Framed by breathtaking views of Kaua'i's north shore, Hawaii's endangered birds are seen nesting in the cliffs, including the Hawaiian Gallinule, red - footed boobies, tropicbirds, albatrosses and frigate birds.

Isla de la Plata translates to Silver Island, and is the home to blue - footed boobies, nesting waved albatrosses, and frigate birds among others.

Isla de la Plata is home to blue - footed boobies, nesting waved albatrosses and frigate birds among many others.

Day 6 Explore Punta Suarez on foot, enjoy its unique sea bird colonies, including Galapagos albatross, Nazca boobies, bluefooted boobies, and swallow - tailed gulls.

Explore Punta Suarez on foot, enjoy its unique sea bird colonies, including Galapagos albatross, Nazca boobies, bluefooted boobies, and swallow - tailed gulls.

Put on your blue - footed booby shoes and marvel at these adorable sea birds which resemble a cross between a seagull and an albatross but with one significant difference, their bright turquoise feet.

Their white heads and chestnut brown to gray bodies measure nearly three feet long, and their wingspan is more than eight feet, making the waved albatrosses the islands» largest bird.

Walk along the cliffs looking for waved albatrosses, Galapagos hawks, Hood mockingbirds and the red - colored race of marine iguana en route to Española's blowhole, where waves spout 90 feet into the air.

The whole beach is only yours, and gigantic albatrosses, more than four feet in wingspan, soar over the ocean in search of food.

Enjoy spotting an abundance of Galapagos wildlife on the trail walks, such as marine iguanas, sea lions, waved albatross, lava lizards, blue - footed boobies, and flamingoes.

Visit some of the top wildlife destinations of the Galapagos Islands to see iconic birds, including blue - footed boobies, waved albatross, red - billed tropicbirds, Galapagos hawks and Nazca boobies.

Seabirds — species like Laysan Albatross and Pink - footed Shearwater — are «off the radar» for most people.

Midway's Wildlife Biologist Pete Leary assures me that he has not seen a Black - Footed and Laysan grooming one another, as two albatross do when they are mated with a member of their own species.

So that's what I looked for every day on Sand Island in the Midway Atoll as I scanned for a hybrid albatross — an albatross that has one Laysan parent and one Black - Footed parent.

It may look like a lovely yellow flower, but it grows up to eight feet tall, choking up areas of land so that albatross can't nest or easily take off or land from flight.

We took photographs of sea lions, and marine and land iguanas, and marveled at frigate birds, albatross, finches and of course, the blue - footed booby.