Today was somewhat rainy so we spent playing cards and a walk around the Shearwater property. There were lots of chickens and maybe an albatross.
Since Debbie mostly got beat at cards and is a much better winner than loser, today’s blog will be about the albatross. We will not discuss card games.
Albatross come back to the site where they were born to meet up and mate. They are monogamous and mate for life. They raise an egg every other year because it takes a year before the baby is ready to be on their own. The male arrives first and stakes out a nesting site. He waits for the female to arrive. They are happy to see each other and do the mating dance in celebration.
Albatrosses can have a wing span of up to 6 feet. They catch the breeze and with a flap of the wings can glide all the way to Alaska. Once the baby is hatched, the Mom and Dad take turns going back and forth to Alaska for squid every 3 weeks. (This information may not be totally correct). We gathered this from various sources. HHR could not be found to contribute.
