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Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo: Pete Leary. Sites with population monitoring during entire breeding season. North shore of Oahu North shore of Kauai Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals Laysan Island Midway Atoll Kure Atoll. Flooding.

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Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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  1. Albatross Population Monitoring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Photo: Pete Leary

  2. Sites with population monitoring during entire breeding season • North shore of Oahu • North shore of Kauai • Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals • Laysan Island • Midway Atoll • Kure Atoll

  3. Flooding Damage to Tern Island Field Station Storm Surge Mike Johns Erosion Mike Johns

  4. Midway Atoll Annual Albatross nest count

  5. Midway Albatross count team 2014

  6. Resurgence of Bonin Petrel populations after rat eradication in 1996 has necessitated modification of count techniques as burrows become more prevalent Photo B. Arrigoni

  7. Hatch year 2014 22,525

  8. Hatch year 2014 412,776 nests,

  9. Laysan Island Albatross Nest Counts till HY 2011 Black-footed Albatross

  10. Monitoring Effort Update-HY2014 • Tern Island: Loss of nesting seabirds and infrastructure on Tern Island due to extreme weather event in December 2012. Field station still closed for the foreseeable future. • Laysan Island: Nest count and demographic plots not conducted due to medical evacuation of crew from the island in October 2012. Field camp still closed due to budget constraints until the foreseeable future. • Midway Atoll: Full nest count conducted and demographic plots monitored in HY 2014.

  11. Verbesinaencelioides eradication projects at Kure Atoll and Midway Atoll funded by NFWF, ABC, Friends of Midway, USFWS, and DOFAW, State of Hawaii yielding spectacular Results. No Control VerbesinaControl

  12. Eastern Island 2014 – Verbesina on the run Photo: Pete Leary

  13. Short-tailed Albatross chick hatched January 2014 – Eastern Island Midway

  14. Links for viewing Short-tailed Albatross photos and video at Midway Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwspacific/sets/72157626287199106/with/11873082704/ Tumblr: http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/72881378762/at-last-the-first-video-of-a-brand-new- rare-and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USFWSPacific Front page: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ News release: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/news.cfm?id=2144375308

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