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Title
Short-tailed
Albatross
chick
survives
tsunami
Alternative Title
Phoebastria
albatrus
Contact
mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator
Leary
,
Pete
Description
Short-tailed
albatross
chick
on
Eastern
Island
survives
after
a
tsunami
generated
by a
powerful
earthquake
off
the
coast
of
Japan
struck
the
refuge
at
11:36
PM
on
Thursday
,
March
10th
and
continued
for the
next
few
hours
. On
March
15
,
FWS
released
an
official
announcement
stating
that
surveys
of the
three
islands
reveal
that
more
than
110,000
albatross
chicks
–
about
22%
of this
year’s
albatross
production
–
were
lost
as a
result
of the
tsunami
and
two
severe
winter
storms
that
hit
in
January
and
February
. At
least
2,000
adults
also
died
. The
Short-tailed
albatross
nest
was
washed
over
again
due
to the
tsunami
, but the
chick
was
found
unharmed
about
35
meters
away
and
carried
back
to its
nest
cup
.
FWS Resource Links
http://www.fws.gov/midway/
http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=B00Y
Subject
Islands
Wildlife refuges
Wildlife impacts
Birds
Coasts
Marine birds
Weather impacts
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Location
Pacific Islands
FWS Site
MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original
2011-03-01
Type
Still Image
Format
JPG
Item ID
5528666391_30e47369d0_b
Source
USFWS Pacific Region/Flickr
Rights
Public Domain
File Size
507617 Bytes
Height
683
Width
1024
Color Space
RGB
Full resolution
Volume237/5528666391_30e47369d0_b.jpg
http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/5528666391_30e47369d0_b.jpg
Date created
2011-05-11
Date modified
2015-05-15
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