Wait to Mate

Returning to land after months and traversing tens of thousands of solitary miles wandering over open ocean, this mōlī, or Laysan albatross, was one of the first to arrive at the nesting site for this year’s breeding season. This female bird was color banded V141 on 30 April 2015 after hatching in February 2015, making her almost eight years old in this photo.

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