There was a time when albatross taxonomy was quite simple. Actually, I lie, albatross taxonomy has always been a mess, but there was a...
Yes, that’s what’s happening at Midway Atoll, a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)....
Anyone that has read my posts before knows I love Kaikoura and the amazing people at Albatross Encounter. We recently had a long weekend...
One of the nice things about living in New Zealand and being the beat writer for that place is that I can pretty much...
I will never tire of banging Kaikoura’s drum as the best place in the world to see albatrosses, and since albatrosses are the among...
Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves...
This Sunday I will be off the coast of Kaikoura on South Island for the first time since 2008 checking out the amazing albatrosses...
I seem to having my own mini petrel-event here on the blog recently, I think it must be anticipation of seeing some in a...
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