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The tricky thing about Antipodean albatrosses is that they don’t return to land every year, so the count has to allow for who’s still overseas. Young albatrosses spend several years foraging at sea before returning to the island where they hatched. Pairs meet up every two years to build a nest and lay an egg. Sabbatical birds, they’re called, the ones taking a year off from raising a chick.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
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ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS
The tricky thing about Antipodean albatrosses is that they don’t return to land every year, so the count has to allow for who’s still overseas. Young albatrosses spend several years foraging at sea before returning to the island where they hatched. Pairs meet up every two years to build a nest and lay an egg. Sabbatical birds, they’re called, the ones taking a year off from raising a chick.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.