At 3:00 in the afternoon on New Year’s Day, my FitBit tracker read a measly 785 steps. After a couple weeks of morning walks with my college roommate Linda, who was visiting and encouraged me with texts that went, What amazing place will we walk to today, I was close to failing to rack up…
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One Albatross to Another: “Same time next year.”
Laysan albatrosses don’t roam the wide seas of the Pacific Ocean in flocks. They don’t even forage for flying fish and squid with their mates. What it comes down to is Laysan albatrosses travel through their watery world solo. That’s why they’re known as synchronous nesters. I counted 28 Laysan albatrosses on my survey this…
How Cool Is That: Laysan Albatrosses Return.
A Laysan albatross living on the remains of an island 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu is the oldest-known bird living in the wild. Her name is Wisdom, and she is 63 years old. Wisdom was first banded in 1956 as an adult when she was estimated to be five years old. But she could just…
Independence Day for Kaloakulua
A month ago, when I was in Kalaupapa on Molokai, I spotted some dolphins swimming in the bay outside our kitchen window and called out, “Spinners.” Spinner dolphins are not listed as threatened or endangered by the Endangered Species Act. Because they forage far offshore at night and rest in sandy-bottom, near-shore bays during the…
Does It Take the Patience of an Albatross to Travel These Days?
Do you have the patience of a Laysan albatross? Can you sit in one spot for two weeks? That’s not even a long stint for Laysan albatross parent incubating an egg. Can you go days between meals? That’s what a Laysan albatross chick has to do while awaiting the return of a full-bellied parent. On…
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