Royal Cam Albatross ~ Tiaki Plays With Downy Feathers & Sends Downstairs Chick Packing! ♥ 8.22.21

Tiaki is sitting on her nest and one of the downstairs chicks comes up the hill to practice their wing exercises ( I think it might be Quarry chick). Tiaki comes over not and they look at one another and Quarry goes to pick up the patch of white feathers. Tiaki did not like that & immediately clacks at Quarry and they both do some bill clacking at one another lol Tiaki has the upper hand and Quarry chick will retreat and head back down the hill - pausing to look back at Tiaki ♥♥ Tiaki will pick up that patch of downy feathers and ends up playing with it. It almost looks like she was trying to eat it but then she finally gives up on it and pulls up some nesting material to move around and does her wing exercises for the afternoon. Carry on Princess Tiaki! Thank you for watching!

Video captured and edited by Lady Hawk

Please join the new facebook group Royal Cam Albatross Group New Zealand for up to date information on the albatross family and to share information on albatross conservation, photos and comments! https://www.facebook.com/groups/991026361293354

~~ LGL hatched in 2008 and is a 12 year female paired with LGK hatched in 2009 an 11 year male. They have been together since 2017 and became our Royalcam couple for the 2018/2019 season. Their first breeding season produced an egg but it later died. In 2019 their chick Karere fledged successfully. LGL laid her egg on Nov. 7th 2020. LGL/ LGK are the Royalcam couple for the 2020/21 season! The chick hatched on January 24th 2021.

Courtesy of Dept of Conservation Royal Cam, Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head, New Zealand & Cornell Labs

Видео Royal Cam Albatross ~ Tiaki Plays With Downy Feathers & Sends Downstairs Chick Packing! ♥ 8.22.21 канала Lady Hawk