{"id":2982,"date":"2024-09-23T21:31:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/cams\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2024-09-24T01:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T01:43:29","slug":"2023-24-royal-albatross-chicks-fledge-out-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/cams\/2023-24-royal-albatross-chicks-fledge-out-to-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\u201324 Royal Albatross Chicks Fledge Out To Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Royal Albatross Fledges! Watch Top Flat Chick Fly Out To Sea In New Zealand | DOC | Cornell Lab\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JEPh2WFtij0?feature=oembed&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch the chick from the Top Flat nest fledge on September 23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2023\u201324 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/cams\/royal-albatross\/\">Northern Royal Albatross Cam<\/a> season has officially wrapped! This breeding season\u2014which was the first to feature two chicks on cam\u2014concluded when the 244-day-old chick from the Top Flat nest ventured down the slope of the headland and out to sea on September 23. This news came after New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers reported the neighboring chick from the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PsUNmjyrOFU\">Top Flat Track<\/a> nest wandered out of frame and likely fledged on the morning of September 20 at 233 days old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we&#8217;re sad to see them go, we&#8217;re overjoyed that both chicks are now exploring the Pacific Ocean. The young albatrosses will likely start by foraging off the east coast of New Zealand\u2019s\u00a0South Island\u00a0before taking the long 5,600 mile (9,000 km) journey to the food-rich continental shelf of western\u00a0South America. They will spend the next 4\u201310 years at sea before returning to the breeding colony at Pukukera\/Taiaroa Head to find a mate of their own.<br><br>A few of the chicks&#8217; parents have already returned to find that their young have fledged. Now that this breeding season is over, the adults need some time to rest and recover. 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