Sentences with phrase «laysan albatrosses»

«We strongly encourage Congress to pay close attention to the important scientific conclusions of today's «Animal Conservation» paper on Laysan albatrosses and enact a meaningful appropriation to address this severe and well documented wildlife hazard in Hawaii,» said John Harrison, president of Hawaii Audubon Society.

About 70 percent of the world's population of Laysan albatrosses nests on Midway Atoll.

«This may contribute to the higher reproductive success of Laysan albatrosses during El Niño conditions.»

This was only true for Laysan albatrosses, however.

It features the largest seabird gathering site in the world, with more than 14 million birds from 22 species, nearly all of the remaining endangered Hawaiian monk seals, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Laysan albatrosses.

Additionally, it is home to Laysan albatrosses and the remaining endangered Hawaiian monk seals.

Those garbage - bag ball gowns are now married in my mind with a photo of a Laysan albatross whose belly, slashed open by biologists, was jammed with 306 pieces of plastic flotsam — a surreal bird version of a junkyard.

A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications provides the first direct estimates of the population size and annual survival of young birds in Oahu's Laysan Albatross population, giving important new insights into the demographics of these «prebreeders.»

«Ninety percent of Laysan albatross chick carcasses and regurgitated stomach contents contain plastics.

Conversely, a four - year study in Hawaii found that 31 percent of Laysan albatross pairs there consist of two females; one such couple has been observed together for 19 years.

Although the Laysan albatross chicks of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge live in the central Pacific, more than 1,000 miles from human civilization, their stomachs look like miniature garbage dumps, full of bottle caps, toothbrushes, cigarette lighters — even golf balls.

At the time they thought she was around 5 years old, making her at least 64 now — almost double the expected Laysan albatross life span.

Among Laysan albatross, pairs of females may stay together as «socially monogamous» couples for more than 10 years, during which time they return to their shared nests every year to raise their chicks.

For the Laysan albatross project, she couldn't go to Midway for the entire life cycle of the birds; and of course, she wasn't there right after the tsunami hit.

Discover how Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (also referred to as a gooney bird), survived this and other natural and man - made disasters in a life that has now surpassed 60 years.

From Bald Eagles to Hutton's Vireos, Laysan Albatross to Hermit Warblers, Spotted Owls to Marbled Murrelets: one can begin a love affair with bird - watching in Washington.

Midway is home to three million breeding seabirds including two - thirds of the world's Laysan Albatross.

Doing everything possible to ensure high numbers of nesting Laysan albatross is key to bringing their population back.

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.

Every year, thousands of the Laysan albatross chicks die from droopwing, and even if they manage to fledge and fly off, the levels of lead in their bodies likely cause an early death later on.

The Environment News Service reported two years ago that 70 of the old buildings «have been responsible for the deaths of as many as 130,000 Laysan albatross chicks since jurisdiction of Midway was transferred from the Navy to the Department of the Interior in 1996» and that as many as 10,000 chicks a year die from disorders and illness caused from ingesting the lead paint chips.

Learn how biologists managed to bring back the endangered Short - Tail Albatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so much more.

This is an incredible loss, especially since the Laysan albatross is a threatened species and about 70 % of the world's population nests on Midway Atoll.

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.

Scientists last year reported that lead poisoning is killing up to 10,000 chicks per year on Midway, affecting the long - term survival of the Laysan albatross.

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced its intent to begin cleaning up toxic, lead - based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll that kills up to 10,000 Laysan albatross chicks each year and also threatens the endangered Laysan duck.

Midway is the most important breeding site for the Laysan albatross.

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

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

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.

I nearly stumbled over it — a dead adult Laysan Albatross whose head rested up against a bright blue rubber flip flop washed ashore at some point, probably during the tsunami last year.

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.

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

A minimum of 2,000 adult / subadult and tens of thousands of Laysan Albatross chicks were lost.

Listen to Safina Center Fellow Hob Osterlund's new interview on BirdCallsRadio about her work in Laysan albatross conservation.

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).

Interior officials have said that the current federal budget for the nation's wildlife refuge system is insufficient to prevent the continued ingestion of lead paint by Laysan albatross chicks.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classes the Laysan albatross as globally Vulnerable to extinction.

Midway is the most important breeding area for Laysan albatross, a species vulnerable to extinction as pollution and fishing pressures increase.

Not exact matches

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

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.

The world's oldest albatross — a female Laysan called Wisdom — is still raising chicks at the age of 65, and even has a

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

Those successes include the monumental task of eradicating invasive species, establishing a «backup» population of Laysan Teal, a critically endangered species of duck, bringing the threatened Short - Tailed Albatross back to the island through years of playing sound recordings and setting up decoys and conducting scientific research from monitoring carbon dioxide levels in a a world - wide study to analyzing marine debris washed up on the beaches to understand marine pollution.

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.

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.

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

Their daily tasks include monitoring the health of the albatross populations, keeping the Laysan Teal habitat safe from botulism, battling the invasive weeds and planting native plants, cleaning beaches and much, much more.