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Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal with Laysan Albatross- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal w/ sub-adult- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal w/ sub-adult with Black-footed Albatross on each side- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal w/ sub-adult and Black-footed Albatross in background- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal along w/Black-footed and Laysan Albatross- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal w/ sub-adult (rear)- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult with Laysan Albatross (rear)- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring juvenal- (near Herbert Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)


Short-tailed Albatross -spring sub-adult- (near Seguam Island, Alaska)

 

Zugunruhe Birding Tours (http://www.zbirdtours.com) conducted two birding tours in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in May 2012 onboard the M/V Puk-Uk
where I saw my first Short-tailed Albatrosses and Whiskered Auklets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eN3qg7o9Co

Adak Island:  Our research vessel from Adak Island to Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska
went thru 2 Gale force storms over that stretch of the Bering Sea in this 65 ft. vessel
the Puk-Uk (designed and built by the captain)


Across the Bering Sea from Adak Island to Unalaska (Dutch Harbor), Aleutians, Alaska



Overall Central Aleutian Island MAP for a bit more perspective below



Two spots where we found Short-tailed Albatross, one near Seguam Island and the other just west of Herbert Island, Aleutians, Alaska



Adak to Nikolski Islands in the central Aleutians
(Seguam and Herbert Islands - Short-tailed Albatross seen)




May 28th, ~4:xx PM near Seguam Island saw first Short-tailed Albatross - one juvenile and two sub-adult


We then tucked in behind Seguam Island on May 28th, 8:52 ADT (Alaska Daylight Time) tucked in behind Seguam Island at:

52 16.715N 172 26.421W
-or-
52.27858, -172.44035



GPS on Puk-uk of our stop near Seguam Island, Aleutians, Alaska due to Gale Force Winds



Seguam Island, Aleutians, Alaska where we took harbor out of a Gale Force Storm


Four Short-tailed Albatross seen on May 29th, 2012 between Yunaska Island on the west and Herbert Island on the east, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
GPS:  52.72033, -170.45667


(May 29, 2012 FOUR Short-tailed Albatross: at 2140 ADT approx 10 miles west of Herbert Island, Aleutians
52 degrees, 43.22' North, and 170 degrees, 27.4' West, or:  52.72033, -170.45667)

Herbert Island is at: 52.75306, -170.11944



Learn more about this species: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-tailed_Albatross

Listen to the call:   http://www.tsuru-bird.net/songs/Short-tailed_Albatross.mp3
 

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