Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Like all albatrosses, these birds are capable of long distance travel. Most of these birds breed on islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, but in recent years they have colonized islands off the coast of Baja California.
Despite their ever-expanding range, no genetic variations among the various breeding populations of Laysan Albatross have been detected, and taxonomists regard them as monotypic (there are no subspecies).
In 2017, while I participated on a scientific expedition, we found colonies of Laysan Albatross nesting on the islands of the Revillagigedos in Mexican waters. On Isla San Benedicto I witnessed adults on eggs, adults with chicks, and even a pair-bonding and a baby-feeding episode. Later, on Isla Clarion, we found them again in loose colonies, and while I saw pair-bonding ceremonies there, I did not see any eggs or chicks on our visit to this island, though some birds may have been sitting on eggs.
26 Photos
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:13 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/11.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0470 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:17 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0497 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:17 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/11.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0499 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:19 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/11.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0575 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:22 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/10.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0588 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent with new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:24 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6698-ParentChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent feeding new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:24 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6702-ParentFeedingChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent feeding new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:27 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6740-ParentFeedingChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: New parent at work grooming new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:30 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6755-ParentGroomingChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Our first meetings with this species occured when we got our first boots on the ground at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:50 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6920 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Our first meetings with this species occured when we got our first boots on the ground at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:57 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6958 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Our first meetings with this species occured when we got our first boots on the ground at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:57 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6965 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: New parents at work at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:14 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 500 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7065-PairChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Pair bonding observed while at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:44 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7089-PairBonding |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Take offs are the only aspect of albatross flight that is not effortless. Our boots on the ground at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:45 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7104 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Take offs are the only aspect of albatross flight that is not effortless. Our boots on the ground at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:45 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7111 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent with new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:27 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6734-ParentChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: New parent at work grooming new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:30 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6755-ParentGroomingChick-1 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: New parents at work at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:14 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 500 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7065-PairChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: New parents at work at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 10:13 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X7058-PairChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent with new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:25 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6711-ParentChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent with new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:27 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6734-ParentChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Approaching Isla Calrion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:19 8:41 |
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Location:
Off Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/16.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatross_D5X9119 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Parent with new chick at Isla San Beneticto, the first of our stops to the islands of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:14 9:24 |
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Location:
Beach Landing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X6698-ParentChick |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Even a long distance view in poor light of albatross is a welcome site. Seen on the first and second days of the expedition to Archipiélago de Revillagigedo on board the Shogun. Between Ensenada, San Roque and Acencion, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:10 7:10 |
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Location:
Off Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatross_D5X4025 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Laysan Albatross(Phoebastria immutabilis) |
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Description: Hiking the "prairies" between the military compound and the lighthouse on the southern shore of Isla Clarion. Our final island visit of this journey. Colima Mexico. Part of the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:20 14:17 |
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Location:
Southern Shore |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: LaysanAlbatros_D5X0490 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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