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All seabirds do extraordinary things to adapt to a life at sea, but surely this is one of the most incredible. When satellite tagging breeding adult Black Footed Albatrosses in 1998, a quarter of the birds that were tracked visited Monterey Bay! (Hyrenbach et al 2006).
The trip takes them about two weeks, both parents returning to Tern Island to feed the chick, which takes on average 150 days to fledge (DOI)(Epic Commute).
A sub-adult Albatross affixed with a satellite tag in Cordell Bank here in California proceeded to fly over 12,000 miles over 64 days, flying 190 miles a day (Oikonos)!
And why do I think about all this right now? This weekend is the last of the fall out on Monterey Bay. Hopefully we go out with some great birds!!
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