Yesterday we were astonished when we discovered seven albatross chicks. They were healthy, fluffy brown creatures, and a couple of them were right in the middle of the marked path! Some of our guests were lucky enough to see an adult bird regurgitate a complete squid to its chick. It was a special day for all of us: perfect temperature, blue-footed boobies dancing, iguanas sun bathing and the certainty that the albatrosses are doing fine this year.
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 19 Jul 1999
From the Polaris in the Galapagos, 7/19/1999, National Geographic Polaris
- Aboard the National Geographic Polaris
- Galápagos
We have had to wait for two years to see the waved albatross' chicks back on Española island! Albatrosses were greatly affected by last year's "El Niño" and have not bred successfully in the last several years. They are pelagic birds and forage far from the islands in the open sea. During "El Niño" they had to go even further than usual for food, and were forced to abandon their eggs.
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