Sentences with phrase «albatross pairs»

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.

Not many people go to the Galapagos Islands for a show, but that is exactly what they may get if they run into an albatross pair along the craggy cliffs of Española (Hood) Island.

Not exact matches

This one island called Steeple Jason Island has 120,000 blackbird albatross nests on it during the year and about 70 pairs of striated caracaras, on an island that's about 700 hectares [three square miles].

Because it takes three years to form a new pair - bond, and it is almost impossible to raise a chick alone, it's a bad idea for wandering albatrosses to «divorce» in those circumstances.

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.

The uptick in U.S. sightings conincides with two successful Short - tailed Albatross breeding efforts, one in 2011 and one in 2012, both by the same pair of birds on Midway.

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.

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

Right now, the Short - tailed Albatross nest on only four islands (up from the single island where 10 pairs were discovered breeding after the species was thought to be extinct).