Kauai albatross: first day on land after 6 years at sea
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This is a Laysan albatross who hatched in a nest on my lawn in Kaua'i. He fledged and stayed at sea for 6 years. I filmed him on his first day back on land, on a golf course. He had to relearn how to walk and how to speak albatross, and started by trying to copy nearby birds. The "eh,eh,eh" descending notes are what his parents would have called to him when they returned with food, that is the vocalization he would have remembered from when he was a chick. You will see his first clumsy attempts at displaying with other albatrosses. You can see clips from this long film and read more about him at albatrossdiary.com. Enjoy his first day back!
Truly wonderful. 6 years at sea - all those stotms over many thousands of miles and still finds his way home. Makes me feel very humble
OMG, that's one of the best albatross videos I've ever seen. it had never occurred to me that after six years at sea, a young albatross would have forgotten how to speak albatross, forgotten how to walk and stand or rather her legs and feet need strengthening. Amazing enlightening video, a revelation. How quickly she remembers and gains strength, improved coordination👏👏👏. I love, adore these birds 💖💖💖
He is doing great..Imagine a human who have not used the legs for 6 years..😂
They donot eat for 6 years ?
@@rajeevsehgal4834 No. they fly over water for weeks at a time...
fishing and flying.
Hello, Cathy -- I stumbled upon this video and subsequently visited your Albatross Diary. Thank you, thank you for sharing these birds with us. I know it takes time and work to post information, but it's so wonderful for bird lovers to get to know their stories through you. I'm so envious that you get to live with these birds. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and we have lovely birds, but most not nearly as interesting as Albatross. I live on the water and get to see Bald Eagles fishing and playing in the wind. They even play chase with Seagulls sometimes, clearly without a predatory intent. Thanks again so much for your videos and pictures, but especially the wonderful narration so we can learn about their lives. ---L
Mahalo for sharing this wonderful video. I watched the last month of Kalama on the Cornell Bird Cam and am now watching the Royal Albatross in NZ. They are beautiful and fascinating birds. It's hard for me to fathom that they spend so much time at sea. I can't wait till they are tracked w/ Go Pro cams so we know more about their lives...
Thanks for sharing this incredible footage. I'm glad to hear he eventually regained his walking skills & found friends! :)
What a beautiful bird. Thank you.
Thank you for posting this wonderful video, I've watched them hatch, grow and fledge on the webcams, but never seen them return, definitely an 'oh bless'.
17:30 moment is so cute and exciting. And then the shock of 18:50. Poor lil guy :( I hope he eventually met the one! Thanks for sharing this with us!
웬지 안타까운 마음이 들어 눈시울이 뜨거워졌어요. . . 귀여운 알바트로스가 행복하기를~
"The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung
And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me"
Why was she at sea for 6 whole years? 😮 She's doing so well. ❤
Wat een prachtige albatros, beeldschoon 💓‼️Valt niet mee als je zes jaar over de zee en oceanen hebt gevlogen en nu moet lopen💜‼️
Are you saying that he didn't land on land for 6 straight years !!!!!!!! holy mother of birds
He's beautiful! It must have been so very exciting to see him again after all those years. Thanks for posting! I watched the whole thing and was cheering for him, especially at the end. He really had her attention for a moment there. He's so precious and he tried so hard to overcome how weak he was. How long did it take to regain his strength? Did he ever find a mate?
I have never seen a returning albatross take longer than overnight to get his land legs. It may even take less than that, but I generally do not spend several hours at a time observing them, so I don't know.
He doesn't have a mate yet. Perhaps he will find one this season. Some birds take longer than others, and I have no idea why!
@@cathygranholm8121 He, Tater as you named him, was here too young for creating a family, I think.
Here is said, that at around 10 years of age young males reach sexual maturity, that is the National Geografic, so I trust they know what they are saying - ruclips.net/video/LwwVnUekpeE/видео.html
Cathy, thank you very much, your observation is very exceptional, valuable and unique on YT, and Tater so much moving and so friendly. So I deeply hope he finally found his love and is happy dad for next generations of these amazing birds. If he survived six years at the ocean that means his genes are great, strong and he is dad of the same strong children :)
OH MY.. this is amazing and one of the cutest things I have ever seen! thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this story with us.
I was in the Navy on Midway Island from August 17, 1965 to August 20, 1966. My 21 birthday. Headed home. Best birthday I have ever had.
Omgosh! My 2nd favorite bird! I luv them so, so much! Thank you for sharing this for all of us to see. Beautiful just beautiful!
Лапки ослабли, идёт качается. Молодец , тренируется! 👏👍😃😄😆😅
I LOVE HIM SO, ALOHA 😘
Wow, what a wonderful story! Thanks so much, Cathy!
IT MUST BE SOOOOO WEIRD TO LAND ON NON MOVING GROUND INSTEAD OF MOVING ALL THE TIME OCEAN!!! omg I could almost feel it
Cathy--just found your Video. It's just a remarkable account of one albi bird's life journey(so far). I think the oldest current living Albi bird is a laysan albi @70 yrs. of age. A complete story account of all he necessary facts---Like N. Editor(Clark Gable) was continually referring to in 1958 movie "Teacher's Pet" ---What, When,Where, How Why and Who.. You have covered them all. i'm impressed with your Curiosity in many things(Snail Story) and how Courteously you treat Commenters on your work. Thank You.
Beautiful face
Well if Tater is alive in 2020 I hope he has a mate and is raising his own babies now 🤗
These birds are amazing and beautiful!! 6 Years away WOW He has sea legs!!!!
It is amazing how quickly they get their land legs back. That's one reason why it is such a thrill to be able to see and film one who has just returned. Also, it helps to check them every day. On this particular day I was tired and wanted to go home, but my diligence was certainly rewarded by seeing the bird I had last seen as a chick on his first day back!
Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful bird ♥️
17:29 -- "May I have this dance?...Ooh, just a sec...got an itch!"
Handsome little guy hes sinking in the grass. Seems very soft & wet. Have a good rest. Birdie
Fantastic footage. He's about as skilled at socializing as I am.
Beautiful big baby
So fun and interesting. Thank you!
Very nice ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much!! :} you're so lucky to be able to be with nature. i live in the city (NYC) and only have doves on my window sill whom i feed. i have one tree here in the back of the building. Many in the front though.
Observe your doves! It is always surprising how much we still have to learn about the most common animals. One of my favorite books is about an ordinary snail, written by a woman with an illness that kept her largely immobile. A friend gave her a terrarium with a snail in it and she started to watch the little mollusk. She wrote a book called "The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, " which won many awards. Check out ruclips.net/video/gf2suzMV_ME/видео.html to learn about it and to actually HEAR the sound of a wild snail eating!
How do you know THAT he is 6 years up in air??Really 6 years? THAT IS a long Time for Budy. LOVE ALBIS SO MUCH AND THEIR SKYCALLS CLACK CLACK
They sleep on the ocean
After The Dancing ❤️
I want that bird as a pet
What a little sweetie!
Amazing 🤩
São muito lindos, olhos bem desenhados uma obrigada maquiagem perfeita !! São maravilhosos👏👏👏
Looks like the grass is so thick and soft takes a bit of getting it's "land legs".
Obviously the girls checked him out and suddenly remembered they had to go arrange their sock drawer...
I was impressed that he tried to display after being at sea for 6 years. I am happy to say he returned to Princeville this season. He spent most of his time in my neighborhood, not far from where he hatched. He may have found a mate, he spent some quality time with an unbanded bird in my back yard. She definitely thought he was more interesting than her sock drawer!
He's land sick, lol. Poor little guy... so cute. :)
a little long, but fascinating ....I was wondering what people do on Kauai ...now I know!
Very lovely !
He's got sea legs. That's what I looked like after a cruise. :-)
Incredible
Talk about sea legs❤️❤️❤️them thank you✌️
Thanks for Sharing ! Awesome !
Looks like it's been banded; Z333 known worldwide as "wisdom" is 70 years old!
That's the only way I'll get an albatross.
Great video.!
Doing pretty good on those Week, trembly legs for not standing on them for 6 years.
Precious little winged marshmallow.
Maybe the ladies are looking for someone more " well-balanced".;^)
He is so adorable and so pretty - a beautiful bird. so glad to see him make a friend :} \:^:/
(gotta figure out how to make a better bird lol )
A big big space
HOW did you know it was gloriously him?
From the number on his leg band!
@@cathygranholm8121 how do you know he never went on land . Is he tracked?
I seriously doubt it was his first landing in 6 years . They socialise elsewhere as well.
That grass is really thick.
What a privilege, mahalo for sharing, this is unbelievable! Which one is it by chance (band number or name, I'm following the Cornell Albatross Cams with my kids)? Thank you!
+Annie Chamberlain I'm so sorry I didn't notice your question! The band number is K555. This year I have seen him both in my neighborhood, near where his nest was when he was a chick, and also on the golf course where I filmed him. Some of the birds from my neighborhood decide to stay on the golf course where they first returned, but most of them come back to where their nests were.
Hard time getting used to the land not moving at all , land legs are wobbly
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They have "sailor legs" after returning from the sea …:-) And I hear a rooster..hope this Alba will not learn and start using THAT language!!!! :-)
Вы почему запускаете мошеннические рекламы????Бессовестные сколько можно людей обманывать???
Thanks so much for recording and posting this! Did he develop friends over time? And is this bird definitely a he?
Yes, he did make friends after he moved back to his old neighborhood. I saw him on 28 different days, usually near the place in my yard where his nest was located. He displayed with several birds during that time. As part of a study of female/female pairs, the sexes of chicks were tested over a 2-year period, that is how we know that Tater is definitely a male.
Oh thank you so much! I really am amazed that these birds are both so social -- I can't think of other non-humans I've seen who will just sit face to face for extended periods -- and also spend such extensive time totally alone.
Thank you for this - for caring about these magnificent and amazing birds. so at the end he found another albatross and they started the mating dance. did this albatross become his mate? i was so hopeful that maybe he found a girlfriend - but then she seemed to have second thoughts and flew away.
As of yet, he does not have a mate. This season I mostly saw him in my neighborhood, not on the golf course, and a lot of the time he was within 20 feet of where his nest was located! I really hope he nests here. He interacted with other birds, but not one in particular, so he will not be nesting next season.
Regarding the potential girlfriend, when you mate for life, you need to be selective!
I want to see a size differents between a wandering albatross an a human.
Whoa, I need some Dramamine
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+Cathy Granholm I stumble around after a day out on a charter deep sea fishing trip off the U.S. west coast (especially when closing my eyes in the shower). I can't even imagine what this guy is going through after six-years out while trying to pick up girls!
I can't imagine that either! I can tell you that by the next day he was walking as though he had never left land. They are really amazing birds!
If it were a female I'd be tempted to say she had what we used to call round heels!
@@marthacalkins2126 What an incredibly offensive and misogynistic term. Hope people don’t still use it.
I guess this is what you call " sea legs"
По асфальту больно ходит
I'd heard about one banded pair that had been together for 30 years. How long do these birds live anyway?
Wisdom, on Midway island at age68has just hatched yet another chick.amzing birds.
@Jay Sexton Here you have some infos, video by National Gegrafic - ruclips.net/video/LwwVnUekpeE/видео.html
Why did she finally land?
They come back to find a mate and ultimately to raise a chick. But some of them end up in another area. I know of two Princeville birds who are now living on the island of Midway.
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How long will ha stay on land now?
Sometimes I will see an albatross just once or twice his first year back. This guy was unusual, I saw him 4 days after I made this film, then he came back on 27 more days. That's a lot for the first year back! It is possible he came back the previous year and I missed him!
Almost forgot how to walk 🤣
Obviously those albie he meet runaway from him maybe he's not thier type.
AWWW 17:30!! soooo stinken cute!!!!!
What ever became of the SOB that murdered so many our Albatross in Hawaii?
Two of them were under 18, the other one got 45 days in jail and paid $1,000. They stole $3400 worth of bird monitoring equipment, paid for by Pacific Rim Conservation, the non-profit organization that collects data on the birds. You can read about it in Civil Beat, civilbeat.org. Just do a search on "albatross." That is a good site for reading about happenings in Hawaii. They have had some important articles online.
Are you kidding me Cathy? That's it for murder. Where is the justice in that? I am sickened by this .
It's NOT his 1st day back on 'DRY LAND' in 6 years, please! They have "oasis" islands they use during their life.
someone piss in your cornflakes ?? nice attitude. take your meds !!
you are probably correct. what ever the # of yrs being on the Ocean, even one or 2 is alot, considering all Albi's are very social birds