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Short-tailed Albatross Nesting at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Short-tailed Albatross Nesting at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Title	Short-tailed Albatross Nesting at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Alternative Title	Phoebastria albatrus
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Gutowsky, Sarah
Description	Short-tailed albatross nesting (middle of image) for the first time at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The two decoys on either side have been used (along with others and accompanying taped bird calls) on Eastern Island for several years to attract short-tailed albatross. It worked! Foreground includes black-footed albatross (middle and left); and head of a Laysan albatross (right).Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge has actively planned to host a nesting colony for more than a decade (use of decoys, etc.). Short-tailed albatross were rarely seen at Midway before then and a potential breeding pair was first observed just two years ago in 2008. This year marks the pair's first mating and nesting attempt. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and volunteers will continue to monitor the nest daily with the use of a remote video camera.
FWS Resource Links	http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=B00Y http://www.fws.gov/midway/
Subject	Birds Marine birds Endangered and/or Threatened species Islands Wildlife refuges
Location	Pacific Islands
FWS Site	MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	2010-12
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	5229371633_5a10ab3d8d_b
Source	USFWS Pacific Region/Flickr
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	789103 Bytes
Height	768
Width	1024
Color Space	RGB
Full resolution	Volume237/5229371633_5a10ab3d8d_b.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/5229371633_5a10ab3d8d_b.jpg
Date created	2011-05-11
Date modified	2015-05-15