in less than three years to Mukojima. With this development (and the successful hatching of a STAL egg on the USA's Midway Island, the first ever; click here for story ) the future for this once abundant but now rare North Pacific albatross seems a lot...
here to access other recent news on the improving fortunes of the Short-tailed Albatross at Japan's Mukojima and the USA's Midway Islands. For more information on the population trends of Torishima's STALs consult the ACAP Species Assessment . John...
the latest pictures of the first Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick on USA soil: on Eastern Island, in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Chain,...
the news of late, especially the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus , with the first American chick doing well on Midway and the first translocated fledgling returning to Mukojima Island. The Pacific Seabird Group will hold its 38th Annual...
of the USA's first-ever Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick comes from John Klavitter, writing from the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Nationa l Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Chain....
name given to a Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis banded as a breeding adult while it was incubating an egg on USA's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge by Chandler Robbins of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in December 1956. Robbins...
AND PHOTOGRAPHS **16 March: For more information and photographs on the effects of the tsunami on the albatrosses of Midway Atoll click here and visit Pete Leary's blog Pete at Midway . **18 March: Visit...
& Wildlife Service officials have now revised markedly upwards their earlier estimates ( click here ) of wildlife losses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , Papahânaumokuâkea Marine National Monument , following the tsunami that washed over the...
on 21 March that "Wisdom" the 60-year-old Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis , has returned to feed its chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, thus surviving the tsunami that has killed so many albatrosses on the Northwestern Hawaiian...
of the Hawaiian islands ( click here for an article on cigarette lighters ingested by the albatrosses of the USA's Midway Atoll). The Fifth International Marine Debris Conference took place in Hawaii in March this year. The conference developed the...
recover," said Refuge Manager Sue Schulmeister. "Sightings of the species have been relatively rare over the years, even on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. In the years to come, following this event, perhaps that will start to change." To watch a...
was inscribed on the World Heritage List as a mixed natural and cultural site last year. This huge marine reserve includes Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , home for many thousands of breeding Laysan P. immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes...
deaths among Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses at such breeding sites as Kure and Midway Atolls ( click here ). John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 30 June 2011
plants on some of the more important albatross and petrels islands around the World are summarized below. Eastern Island (Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, North-western Hawaiian Islands) in the North Pacific is the site of a five-year, US$1.8...
Studies have shown that Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis chicks on USA's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific exhibit symptoms of lead poisoning most likely related to ingestion of lead-based paint chips and contaminated...
planned field trips associated with the meeting. Two post-conference field trips will visit albatross breeding colonies. On Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P. immutabilis breed in large numbers, along...
climate change and tsumani effects on North Pacific albatrosses in Guayaquil Photograph by John Cooper Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, before and after the 2011 tsunami Photographs by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lindsay Young, ACAP Pacific News...
number of permitted aircraft and vessel entries into the Monument is one method of measuring the level of human presence. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge operates a small functioning airport, and Tern Island within French Frigate Shoals contains a...
last month, when it discovered an extended field of tsunami-caused debris over a period of several days after passing by Midway Atoll. "We keep sighting everyday things like wooden boards, plastic bottles, buoys from fishing nets (small and big ones),...
colonies in the USA's Hawaiian Islands in recent years. A single female laid and then abandoned, infertile eggs on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 1989-2001, but there was no indication of a male attending its nest. In late 2010...
