Royal Albatross Chick Excitedly Nibbles Dad's Bill At Mealtime | DOC | Cornell Lab

Опубликовано: 29 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Cornell Lab Bird Cams
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Someone's excited for lunch! After LGK arrives to feed his chick from the Top Flat nest, the nestling races over and begins enthusiastically nibbling his dad's bill to stimulate a feeding response. After offering up several mouthfuls of regurgitated seafare, LGK wanders out of frame to depart on his next foraging trip at sea.

RoyalCam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation and the Cornell Lab has been collaborating with DOC since 2019 to bring the cam to life. To learn more while watching, view the cam at

https://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam

or at

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/albatross

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Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Northern Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand's South Island.

This season (2023–24) features two nests in view. At the main site to the left of the frame, male LGK (named for his colored leg band combination: Lime/Green/Black) and female LGL (Lime/Green/Lime) return to the Top Flat nest site, where they are caring for a single egg laid on November 7.

Nearby to the right, male WYL (White/Yellow/Lime) and female BOK (Blue/Orange/Black) have been tending to their egg since it was laid on November 14 at the Top Track Flat site. This site is currently obscured by tall grass, which will die down and open up the view as the season progresses.

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