Wandering+Albatross

Animal: Animal Group: Description of animal group || //Diomedea exulans// Wandering Albatross Migratory southern sea birds. Maximum length 135cm. A fully grown adults wingspan is about 3.5m.There breeding season is November. || Observation Describe your animal (Colour, size, body parts) || Albatrosses are large birds. The Wandering Albatross is all white exept for the tips of their wings they are black. The Albatross body has 2 pink legs with 3 large talons that are used for catching fish a head, beak and a large wedge tail. There wingspans maximum is 3.5m. The wandering Albatross can live up to 80 years __ /nature/animals __ || Describe how your animal behaves (moves, flies, runs) || Albatrosses fly to their destanations. They rarely walk places. The Albatrosses fly with the Northerly winds that is probalby how they come to the south coast of Australia. They travel about 36 000km a year. || Where it lives || The Albatross spend most of there time in flight but occationly they land and make a nest. The places they nest are: South Georgia, Prince Edward and Marion Island and one Australian Island Macquarie Island. || What it eats How it eats || The Albatross diet consistes mainly of squid, fish, crustaceans, carrion and they scavenge for other things like dead whale or mabye krill. The Wandering Albatroos feeds mainly in offshor e and inshore waters. The Albatross feeds on the sea surface or just below it, also dives from heights of 2-5 metres. Foraging trips of Wandering Albatross can last for 50 days at a time but tend to be much shorter during the breeding season. Parents have to work really hard looking for food once the chicks have hatched. Chicks may consume up to 100kg of food during their rearing period, which lasts for approximately 300 days. || How does it have babies? How does it care for its babies? How long do they live? || The Wandering Albatross breeds every second year. At breeding time the Wandering Albatross group together in colonies on isolated islands in the Southern Ocean.They build their nests in areas of short vegetation near clear areas so they can take off easily. They lay one egg between 10th December and 5th January in their nests. Their nests are shaped like a cone and made from grass, twigs, roots and soil. The nest is 1 metre wide at the base and half a metre wide at the top. Incubation takes about 80 days and both parents are involved. They usually mate for life. Young birds return to the colony within 6 years, however they won't start breeding until about 11 years. About one third of the young survive. The Wandering Albatross lays one egg that is a white colour with some red spots and it is about 10 cm long. || What does it do during the day and night? || The Wandering Albatross when feeding spends most of its day looking for food in flight (around 60%) and the rest of time on the water, this is mainly during the night. During the day the Albatross looks for its prey whilst in the air and catches it just after it lands in the water. At night prey is caught by sitting and waiting on the surface of the water. = =
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|| How has it changed over time in Antarctica? || The wings of the Wandering Albatross have become longer over time so they can travel further and more easily to find food. Their wings are so specialised that they hardly have to flap them, they can just glide through the air. This allows them to conserve energy. || Type in the content of your page here.
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 * **Threats:** || Albatrosses spend most of their lives at sea returning to land to breed and raise their young. They start breeding at around 10 years old. Changes in climate and habitat conditions and certain fishing practices makes these seabirds vulnerable.Now they are a Threatend speiceies ||
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