Short-tailed Albatross Pair-bonding Dance

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Summary[edit] Description: English: A pair of short-tailed albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. This pair later mated and hatched a chick in the 2010/2011 breeding season. As of 2010, the short-tailed albatross population is estimated to be 1,200 birds. Of these, the total number of breeding age birds is thought to be approximately 600 birds. Date: 28 August 2013, 23:49:03. Source: http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/natdiglib/id/12371/rec/6. Author: Klavitter, John.