A Series of Wing-stretches For the #RoyalCam Albatross Chick | July 21, 2025

The young albatross chick featured on the #RoyalCam is getting closer to fledging this fall, and we got a great look at the beautiful feathering of the young bird's wings as she stretches out her wings. The coming months will see more stretching, flapping, and testing the feeling of the wind before taking that first flight.

RoyalCam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation and the Cornell Lab has been collaborating with DOC since 2019 to bring the cam to life. To learn more while watching, view the cam at

https://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam

or at

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/albatross

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Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Northern Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand's South Island.

The 2024–25 season features male RLK (named for his colored leg bands: Red, Lime, blacK) and female GLG (Green, Lime, Green) nesting at the Signal Station Trig nest site. This is the pair's first season on the Northern Royal Albatross Cam. The fertile egg was laid on November 11, 2024.

https://twitter.com/RoyAlbatrossCam

to get all the updates during what’s sure to be another action-packed season on New Zealand’s South Island.

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Видео A Series of Wing-stretches For the #RoyalCam Albatross Chick | July 21, 2025 канала Cornell Lab Bird Cams