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Black-footed Albatross chick and Short-tailed Albatross Chick Survive Tsunami

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Title	Black-footed Albatross chick and Short-tailed Albatross Chick Survive Tsunami
Alternative Title	Phoebastria albatrus
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Leary, Pete
Description	Black-footed albatross chick and short-tailed albatross chick next to short-tailed albatross decoy on Eastern Island. 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. These two chicks were lucky to survive.
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
Location	Pacific Islands
FWS Site	MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	2011-03-12
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	5529240744_6e2f304b47_b
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	677788 Bytes
Height	683
Width	1024
Color Space	RGB
Full resolution	Volume237/5529240744_6e2f304b47_b.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/5529240744_6e2f304b47_b.jpg
Date created	2011-05-11
Date modified	2014-11-18