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title: "The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll get ready to hatch their egg"
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# The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll get ready to hatch their egg

A pair of [Vulnerable](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3956) Short-tailed Albatrosses *Phoebastria albatrus* are currently aiming to hatch their third egg on Eastern Island, part of the USA’s [Midway Atoll](http://www.fws.gov/midway/).

 [Click here](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202167250655646&set=vb.296495437066310&type=2&theater)to watch a recent video clip from the nest’s webcam.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Short_tailed/Short-tailed Albatross Midway  2 Pete Leary s.jpg)

 Midway's male Short-tailed Albatross incubating, photograph by Pete Leary

 To access reports of the pair’s two earlier successful breeding attempts on Midway [click here](http://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/component/content/article/14-news/latest-news/1553-short-tailed-albatrosses-return-once-more-to-midway-atoll-national-wildlife-refuge).

 Access the ACAP Breeding Site account for Midway [here](http://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/component/content/article/14-news/latest-news/1434-acap-breeding-site-no-36-midway-atoll-black-footed-laysan-and-short-tailed-albatrosses-within-a-world-heritage-site).

 With thanks to the Friends of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for information.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 7 January 2013*