Zaki's Short-Tailed Albatross Picture


Dennis Zaki of the Alaska Report was out on a halibut fishing boat this last week out of Kodiak taking lots of pictures and videos, including this picture of a young short-tailed Albatross. My Guide to the Birds of Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong says:

Immature: Chocolate brown body and wings, conspicuous pink bill and feet. Intermediate plumages between brown juveniles and full adults can be confusing; however these subadults retain a blackish hoodlike area on the top of their head and develop white on their upperwings rather early.

Habitat. Mostly offshore marine waters. On Endangered Species List.
They were 125 miles out of Kodiak when he got this shot. Not an easy bird to see. Thanks Dennis.