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The way to get to know an albatross population is with a mark-recapture study. Particular birds are banded, then their presence or absence is recorded each summer. If they pair up, that’s noted. If they have chicks, that’s noted, too, as well as if those chicks have chicks. This creates a picture of how many albatrosses are surviving from one year to the next, and how quickly the population is growing. Walker and Elliott essentially keep very detailed albatross family trees.
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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The way to get to know an albatross population is with a mark-recapture study. Particular birds are banded, then their presence or absence is recorded each summer. If they pair up, that’s noted. If they have chicks, that’s noted, too, as well as if those chicks have chicks. This creates a picture of how many albatrosses are surviving from one year to the next, and how quickly the population is growing. Walker and Elliott essentially keep very detailed albatross family trees. <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.