The chicks are well into flight training at the moment - a great time to come and see these little (or rather large) guys working out. It's muscle building time!
Flight Training for the chicks consists of them basically flapping their wings in the wind - they don't actually fly as part of their flight training. So when they take off on their inaugural flight they will head straight out the sea for 5 years, never touching land until they return to find a mate. It's an amazing (and rather nervous) time as we wait for our first chick to fledge....
- Royal Albatross Centre
- Dunedin, Taiaroa Head, New Zealand
- Just a 50min scenic drive along Dunedin's Otago Peninsula.....Home to the WORLDS ONLY mainland colony of Northern Royal Albatross! www.albatross.org.nz
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