#albatrosses — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐦💞 Most #birds practice social #monogamy, but only a few species actually mate for life.

Ornithologist Bart Kempenaers from the #MaxPlanck Institute explains that longevity, predation risk, and site fidelity all influence whether #animals stay partnered. Even lifelong animal pairs don’t always mate exclusively, with “cheating” and “divorce” playing a role.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/do-animals-mate-for-life/

#mating #wolves #science #biology #evolution #ornithology #nature #wildlife #swans #eagles #albatrosses #love

📃New paper in Ecology letters 🐦 by ‪Bertille Mohring et al.

Life-history trade-offs and #senescence in black-browed #albatrosses from Kerguelen and Bird Island

Black-browed #albatrosses breeding in more variable environments display slower life histories (slow, late-onset reproductive senescence) and greater among-individual variation in life-history strategies

https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70384

#seabird #ecology #science

New addition! 🌏🌎 Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) #NorthPacificBirds #NorthernHemisphereBirds | #BlackFootedAlbatross #PhoebastriaNigripes | #Albatrosses #NorthPacificAlbatrosses #AlbatrossFamily #Seabirds 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds

World's Largest #Seabirds Follow Sound Across The #Ocean to Faraway Food
https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-largest-seabirds-follow-sound-across-the-ocean-to-faraway-food @ScienceAlert

#Albatrosses orient toward #infrasound while foraging https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314980120

"areas of high wave activity can be associated with upwellings – where #fish are brought to the surface. Infrasound could provide information about where these areas are, and inform #birds of good foraging patches."

‘Voice of the sea’ may help #albatrosses catch the perfect wind
Albatrosses are burly birds–sometimes weighing as much as 28 pounds—yet somehow manage to fly more than 6,000 miles across the open ocean without running out of energy. It's all about catching the right gusts of wind to soar. How do they identify the best air currents though?
Low frequencies emitted by crashing waves may guide the birds to wind conditions that keep them aloft on long-distance flights
https://www.science.org/content/article/voice-sea-may-help-albatrosses-catch-perfect-wind

First evidence that #albatrosses use infrasound to navigate long journeys
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-evidence-albatrosses-infrasound-journeys.html

#Albatross movement suggests sensitivity to #infrasound cues at sea: Natasha Gillies et al. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218679120

"#Microbaroms are a type of infrasound associated with colliding #ocean waves. Such wavy areas are also associated with strong winds, which albatrosses depend on to help them fly efficiently."

Thick ones, pointy ones—how #albatross #beaks evolved to match their prey
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-thick-pointy-oneshow-albatross-beaks.html #Birds #Evolution #Science #Discovery #SeaBirds #Albatrosses

Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the albatross compound bill https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230751

"albatross species evolved different beak shapes to make the most of the #ocean's food resources. These species have adapted to different #seafood diets."

Videos from Our 2013 Trip to The Galapagos Islands

We were particularly fortunate to witness this Waved #Albatross #Courtship Dance (starting at 8:50)…

#NaturePhotography #Video #Galapagos #Rays #Sealions #Hawks #Owls #Penguins #Boobies, #Albatrosses #Birds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgTKGSFdkAk

Over half of wandering #albatrosses breeding on Bird Island, in the sub-Antarctic, encounter #fishing vessels when feeding, putting them at risk of being accidentally caught or killed in fishing gear
#Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/11/con11282201.html

#Introduction Hello everyone. I'm a Japanese-English translator in #Aotearoa New Zealand. I also write novels. I'm interested in #writing, #books, #Japan, #walking and #jazz music. Once I get the hang of things here, I may also toot about #albatrosses and #cricket.