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title: "Lights,camera,action!  Follow the fortunes of Kaloakulua, a Laysan Albatross chick in a Hawaiian suburban garden"
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# Lights,camera,action!  Follow the fortunes of Kaloakulua, a Laysan Albatross chick in a Hawaiian suburban garden

A web cam has been following the fortunes of a Laysan Albatross *Phoebastria immutabilis* chick from hatching to fledging (with a geolocator mounted) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

 Around 40 pairs of Laysan Albatrosses breed in residential gardens and on golf courses in the Princeville community on Kauai’s north shore ([click here](http://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1323-acap-breeding-sites-no-11-princeville-kauai-where-laysan-albatrosses-breed-in-gardens-and-on-golf-courses)), one which has been watched by a [Cornell Lab of Ornithology](http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478)-hosted web cam.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Laysan Albatrosses Princeville Bob Waid 2 shrunk.jpg)

 Laysan Albatrosses in Princeville, Kauai, photograph by Bob Waid

 Highlights of Kaloakulua’s life in the nest are now available for the 2014 season ([click here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3-ymTeX9wg&feature=youtu.be)).  See Mum K312 and Dad Kaluakane crash land, watch what happens when George the Rooster approaches, and see neighbour chick Mango visit for a chat!

 Explore more on the [Kauai Albatross Network](http://www.albatrosskauai.org/wp/) and view earlier [video clips](http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/) of Kaloakulua growing up.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 August 2014*