Royal Albatross ~ SP Goes In Full Display Mode! Wings, Whistles & Skycalling at SSTrig! 8.29.25 скачать в хорошем качестве

Royal Albatross ~ SP Goes In Full Display Mode! Wings, Whistles & Skycalling at SSTrig! 8.29.25

It was a beautiful morning at Taiaroa Head and SSTrig was just at the base of the hill and South Plateau chick was sitting on the grass preening. SSTrig decides to come over and say hello to her neighbor. They have a few minutes of cordial behavior - then SP gets up and begins to display his wings, whistle, skycalling and bill clappering. These moves are common in juvenile albatross that have returned to the colony after being at sea for at least 5 years when they want to find a mate. But for these young chicks, it is simply posturing and practice. SStrig does not seem impressed but SP continues and SStrig begins to retreat a little to her nest. After several minutes of displays, SP continues to advance towards SSTrig who at that point retreated down the hill a little ways. SP seemingly was confident he has the whole grass top of hill to himself but SSTrig returns. She stands her ground and defends her nest. SP turns around and heads back to the cam and hang out there with that handsome reflection shining back at him lol SSTrig did a pretty good job defending her nest considering she had never encountered this type of dominant behavior from a neighbor. Thank you for watching! Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk 📌 What To Expect On Royalcam - a month by month description of what is happening on the camera, colony and chicks: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native... 📌 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐦 (2024-2025) Nest site: Signal Station Trig. Taiaroa Head, New Zealand Royalcam Couple: RLK (A85) (Red, Lime, black) 12-year-old male and GLG (Green, Lime Green) 14-year-old female. RLK has been re-banded as Darvic Black A85. Egg laid: November 11th 2024. It has been candled and is fertile. RLK and GLG will take turns to incubate the egg for 2.5 months. Egg hatched: January 28th 2025 This pair started breeding in 2019/20, but their egg failed that season. They successfully raised two female chicks during 2021 and 2023 respectively. Their nests during these seasons were not far from the Royalcam nests of Tiaki and Manaaki and the chicks were seen on cam later in the season. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk Please join the official facebook group Royal Cam Albatross Group New Zealand for up to date information on the albatross family and to share information on albatross conservation, photos and comments!   / 991026361293354   Courtesy of Dept of Conservation Royal Cam, Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head, New Zealand https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/ro... #royalalbatross #albatross #newzealand #royalcam