by Audrey Benedict | Aug 4, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #90: Ready to Fly (Black-browed Albatrosses) ePostcard #90: Ready to Fly (Black-browed Albatrosses) Since their first glimmerings in dinosaurs about 250 million years ago, feathers have evolved into one of nature’s most powerful and beautiful adornments....
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #89: Pair-Bonding—Black-browed Albatrosses! ePostcard #89: Pair-Bonding—Black-browed Albatrosses! We celebrate the wonder of black-browed albatrosses with our final two ePostcards from the Falklands/Malvinas. Before we go, however, we must preen our own...
by Audrey Benedict | Jul 28, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #86: Adobe Ingenuity (Black-browed Albatross Nests) Sitting at the edge of a black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in 2009, I watched as an albatross added freshly collected chunks of mud to the thick walls of its pedestaled and...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 17, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #64: Albatross Morning (South Georgia) Albatrosses are some of the most iconic species in the Southern Ocean, but they also serve as sentinels for the challenges faced by albatross populations worldwide. South Georgia is home to globally significant...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 30, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard # 33: Gray-headed & Southern Royal Albatrosses One of the highlights of hiking up through the grass tussocks on Campbell Island, was spotting a gray-headed albatross just settling into a mixed species colony near some southern royal albatrosses. With its...
