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Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo: Pete Leary. Sites with population monitoring during entire breeding season. North shore of Oahu North shore of Kauai Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals Laysan Island Midway Atoll Kure Atoll. Flooding.
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Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Photo: Pete Leary
Sites with population monitoring during entire breeding season • North shore of Oahu • North shore of Kauai • Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals • Laysan Island • Midway Atoll • Kure Atoll
Flooding Damage to Tern Island Field Station Storm Surge Mike Johns Erosion Mike Johns
Resurgence of Bonin Petrel populations after rat eradication in 1996 has necessitated modification of count techniques as burrows become more prevalent Photo B. Arrigoni
Hatch year 2014 22,525
Hatch year 2014 412,776 nests,
Laysan Island Albatross Nest Counts till HY 2011 Black-footed Albatross
Monitoring Effort Update-HY2014 • Tern Island: Loss of nesting seabirds and infrastructure on Tern Island due to extreme weather event in December 2012. Field station still closed for the foreseeable future. • Laysan Island: Nest count and demographic plots not conducted due to medical evacuation of crew from the island in October 2012. Field camp still closed due to budget constraints until the foreseeable future. • Midway Atoll: Full nest count conducted and demographic plots monitored in HY 2014.
Verbesinaencelioides eradication projects at Kure Atoll and Midway Atoll funded by NFWF, ABC, Friends of Midway, USFWS, and DOFAW, State of Hawaii yielding spectacular Results. No Control VerbesinaControl
Eastern Island 2014 – Verbesina on the run Photo: Pete Leary
Short-tailed Albatross chick hatched January 2014 – Eastern Island Midway
Links for viewing Short-tailed Albatross photos and video at Midway Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwspacific/sets/72157626287199106/with/11873082704/ Tumblr: http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/72881378762/at-last-the-first-video-of-a-brand-new- rare-and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USFWSPacific Front page: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ News release: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/news.cfm?id=2144375308