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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

10,000 Birds

Here is a flock of endangered species. Ross Perot once said “Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time.” This is my flock of Laysan Albatross , on Midway Atoll. Look carefully and you can pick out some Least Auklets as well. Buldir Island, AK. Buldir Island, AK.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

This species may need help with habitat management and cowbird removal for some time to come, but luckily Kirtland’s have responded very well to efforts to keep them around. This male Short-tailed Albatross has fledged 2 chicks from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, the only place in the U.S. this species breeds.

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