It was 52 this morning a bit chilly and foggy after a midnight rain. Pulled out the sweatshirt and jeans for our morning walk today!
A great start to the beginning of an Indian Summer my favorite time of the year!
Good morning Beakers!
Morning Lilbro, Blschue, Lori, Clynn, Tsk, Lisa, Karen, Oldguy, Puff, Eagles, Kb, Tig, Baz, Phyl, Peep, Jaspurr, Pink, Jilltosa, BL, Eburg, Weasel, Ezee, Bggolden, T40, ssrl, Maxie, Nrstooge, Omasawyer, Paulie, jicaji, LB, and All!Read about the Royal Albatross-Toroahttps://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/albatrosses/royal-albatross-toroa/Migration and foraging trips
Renowned ocean wanderers, royal albatross travel vast distances from their breeding grounds to feed – as much as 190,000 km a year. Royal albatross range throughout the Southern Ocean and are most commonly seen in New Zealand coastal waters during winter.
Birds have been banded on Campbell Island since the early 1940s. Returned bands show young birds and nonbreeders migrate to southern South American waters and back to New Zealand.
In other work, satellite transmitter packages developed by French, British and Australian researchers were used to track the birds’ flight paths. Signals were monitored by satellite and the information used to learn more about the birds while at sea. One bird travelled 13,000 kilometres during a two-week foraging trip.
The following map shows GPS tracks of three adult breeding birds during their foraging trips from Taiaroa Head. They were tracked between February and May 2012.
Kb, beautiful peacock. Enjoy your walk with Ollie.
Hi Lisa Eagles, you and Kris have a safe trip and fun day at the fair!!
{{{Tsk}}} glad to hear your golden, no push ups required
.... just a bit of rest and TLC
... Royal Albatross Rangers had a tracker on Tiaki two years ago and followed her around the Campbell Islands then to the coast of Chile.
{{{Phyl}}} prayers for Jim..
Clynn, Do you like ice tea? I didn't drink much water in my younger years. I improved to drinking over 12 cups of water a day, by diluting the ice tea and adding a lemon slice. Now I can drink a nice cup of hot water with lemon slice at night. So, I'm drinking water throughout the day.... sweet Sea Eagle pic.