Heres a picture of one.
Laysan Albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
**I wrote a story on Tristram's Storm-Petrels, with pics, and at the end the weblog server said connection was down. That was this morning. I re-wrote it this afternoon, same thing. Supposedly its all saved as a draft, but I cannot find how to publish a draft.**
*I'm too tired to keep trying.*
Exciting to have some Laysan's here now. First one seen, at 1346 hrs, the afternoon of 3 November while we were working.
-mwyork
4 comments:
it would appear that you are now officially in good company =)
Matt,
After some rest,keep trying to retrieve and publish the missing story. Another great picture.
bd
Glad the Laysans have arrived. Are they smaller than the Black-
Footed? I'm enjoying your sidebar pics and comments, too. That belly shot is great.
JLY
Heidi: I am now in, or have been, in all expected company for my time here. Hoping for vagrants as far as new species. Dare I say Short-tailed Alb...Had one confirmed on the island in 2002. An endangered species with a pop. in the hundreds..and an albatross, the great ocean faring wanderers. Greedy, I know. But where else would I have even a shot.
bd: I'll try again this morning. I about uplugged this thing and threw it in the drink yesterday. Twice.
jly: Laysans and Black-footed are generally the same size and wingspan. They are smaller albatrosses. LAAL length 31-32 in. Wingspan 70-80 in.
BFAL length 27-29 in Wingspan 76-84 inches.
Where it gets really fun is south of the equator in the south Pacific. There, the big guys roam.
Por ejemplo: Wandering Albatross Length 42-53 in. Wingspan 100-138 inches
Royal Albatross Length 42-48 inches Wingspan 120-138 inches
Post a Comment