Parental care 2

New Island (Falkland Islands), 9.1.2010

Black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris): adult preening its only chick during what is called the brooding period;

both parents guard the chick in alternated periods while it is still small enough to be vulnerable to predators, like skuas and caracaras;

this chick is about 20 days old

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Done