Hawai'i and Black-footed Albatross P. nigripes translocated from a nearby islet in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands to Mukojima Island, Japan. In these pilot studies, 40% of Laysan Albatross chicks and 90% of Black-footed Albatross chicks fledged...
the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus with the on-going attempt to establish a new breeding colony on Japan's Mukojima Island ( click here ). It is interesting to speculate what other ACAP-listed species would benefit from translocation...
results coming in for the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks that have been translocated from Torishima to Mukojima, with displaying juveniles now back on the island ( click here ). Technically, of course, as there is no evidence of...
February the last of five cohorts of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks was transferred from Torishima to Mukojima in Japan's Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. Five days later Tomohiro Deguchi, Yamashina Institute of Ornithology , reports the...
along with a naturally-reared chick from Torishima) has been observed at the same place in the translocation site on Mukojima in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands from last December to this month. They have often been seen engaging in courtship dance...
The last of five cohorts of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks transferred from Torishima to Mukojima in Japan's Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands have now fledged. Fourteen of the 15 hand-fed fledglings fledged over the period 15-25 May, one...
The site where Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks have been translocated to Japan's Mukojima Island over the last five years is kept under watch by a satellite-linked remote camera operated by NHK , a Japanese broadcasting company. The...
progressing the conservation of albatrosses and petrels. Let's start with some good news. In the North Pacific on Japan's Mukojima Island it looks increasingly likely that the translocated Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus will...
by joint Japanese-US research and management activities, most notably by the attempt to create a new breeding colony on Mukojima on the Ogasawara Islands by the translocation and artificial rearing of chicks. The latest news from Mukojima is that the...
Chile [Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus ] Tomohiro Deguchi: The restoration of a Short-tailed Albatross colony on Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands Group Jane Dolliver: Sight and salvage: preparing observers for seabird duties at sea [Short-tailed...
ages, sexes, or source colonies. Source colonies include Torishima, the main STAL colony, and an anticipated new colony on Mukojima where birds were translocated and hand-reared. Linear mixed models (LMM) were used to evaluate travel distances across...
attempting to establish a new breeding population of threatened Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Japan’s Mukojima Island ( click here ). Over a period of three summers, chicks will be collected from The Pyramid at two different stages...
and hand-feeding of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks in an attempt to establish a new breeding colony on Mukojima Island. The paper’s abstract follows: “Many endemic species, particularly those on remote islands, have been driven to...
hatch an egg at the new breeding site. Short-tailed Albatross pair attempts to incubate their apparently infertile egg, Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands, November, 2013 The Japanese Ministry of Environment, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology , and other...
attempting to establish a new breeding population of threatened Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Japan’s Mukojima Island ( click here ). You can follow the fortunes of the Chatham Island Albatross Translocation Project on the Trust’s...
. Click here to read of efforts by Japan with USA support to create a breeding colony of Short-tailed Albatrosses on Mukojima, a non-volcanic island, utilizing translocation techniques. With thanks to Hiroshi Hasegawa, Toho University, Margaret Koopman,...
In addition 70 chicks translocated over four years (2007-2011) from Torishima have nearly all successfully fledged from Mukojima in the Japanese Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands with the aim to establish a new colony. At least two eggs have been laid at the...
Nakodojima Island (1.37 km²) is located in the middle of the Mukojima Island Group of Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands . It lies five kilometres south of Mukojima where the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus restoration project is situated....
last year a Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick was found on Nakodojima Island , five kilometres south of Mukojima Island in Japan's Ogasawara Islands where a translocation project ( 70 chicks over the four years 2007-2011) was undertaken,...
Chile : Isla Ildefonso France : Iles Apotres, Cochons, de l’Est and Pingouins in the Crozet Island Group Japan : Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands New Zealand : Chatham (translocation site), Forty-Fours and Three Kings USA : Barking Sands (Kauai), French...
