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title: "Shy Albatross"
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# Shy Albatross

Shy Albatross *Thalassarche cauta* - globally [Near Threatened](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22729604)

 ![Shy Albatross Grisselle Chock.hi qual](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Grisselle_Chock.hi-qual.png) 

 *Shy Albatross by Grisselle Chock *by Laurie Smaglick Johnson**

 ![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Colleen Laird](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Colleen_Laird.jpg)

 *Shy Albatross by Colleen Laird, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 ![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Deb Frank ](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Deb_Frank_.jpeg)

 *Shy Albatross by Deb Frank, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 *![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Maria Lucia Bendasoli hiqual](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Maria_Lucia_Bendasoli_hiqual.jpg)*

 *Shy Albatross by Deb Maria Lucia Bendasoli, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 ![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Marion Schoen](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Marion_Schoen.jpg)

 *Shy Albatross by Marion Schon, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 ![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Maureen Bennetts 2](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Maureen_Bennetts_2.jpg) 

 *Shy Albatross by Maureen Bennetts, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 ![Shy Albatross Laurie Johnson Sue Duvall](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_Laurie_Johnson_Sue_Duvall.jpg)

 *Shy Albatross by Sue Duvall, from a photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson*

 *Posted 11 July 2020*