Black-browed Albatrosses
We visited a Black-browed Albatross nesting colony on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands. They nest on the ground, and the nest looks like a small mud chimney. One albatross picked up soil in its bill and threw it over its shoulder. It might have been a younger bird practicing nest building. The downy chicks are light gray with a black eye and black bill. They lack the eyebrow, but they have a thin black line running under the eye from the base of the bill. There was only one chick per nest. When leaving on the zodiac from Saunders Island, we were down at the level of the flying albatrosses who skimmed over the waves, and we were able to look up at them from underneath.
Black-browed Albatrosses
We visited a Black-browed Albatross nesting colony on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands. They nest on the ground, and the nest looks like a small mud chimney. One albatross picked up soil in its bill and threw it over its shoulder. It might have been a younger bird practicing nest building. The downy chicks are light gray with a black eye and black bill. They lack the eyebrow, but they have a thin black line running under the eye from the base of the bill. There was only one chick per nest. When leaving on the zodiac from Saunders Island, we were down at the level of the flying albatrosses who skimmed over the waves, and we were able to look up at them from underneath.