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"Laysan's First Flight" (red) Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands ©2001 |
| This is a photo of a Laysan Albatross
fledgling. I visited Midway in the summer of 2001, when the chicks
were shedding their final "baby feathers" and gaining their juvenile plumage
so they can successfully fly. Gooney Birds, as they are fondly referred
to, number in the thousands on Midway during most of the year. They
come to Midway Atoll to breed and raise their young. The Laysan Albatross
is humorously clumsy on land but very graceful in the air and on the ocean.
They spend most of their lives gliding over the open waters of the
planet and will fly thousands of miles in search of food. We would
cheer the fledglings on as they took off and tried their wings for the first
time. Landing, on the other hand, was not quite as graceful but
was particularly amusing. |
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