Royal Albatross ~ BOK Gets Aggressive With TF & Pulls Out Some Royal Fluff! 😲 5.11.24

TF and TFT see a parent come in and TF is way off of his nest and territory and he whees excitedly at BOK. She is not welcoming to him and clacks and for the next 5 minutes, she will alternate between sitting close to him, clacking, biting and or pulling his fluff out as TF ducks his head over and over. Finally BOK gets up and walks to her nest and TF will slowly make his way back to the safety of his own nest.

I think that BOK was aggressive at him for territorial reasons. TF was in "her nesting territory" and was wheeing for a feeding - two things that BOK does not like. She didn't harm TF but he did learn to be submissive and hide his head and let her leave first to go to her nest. TFT did not leave his nest the entire time - he just waited there for BOK to approach him. BOK then gives him a feeding and departs out to sea. Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

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