What's different between these 2 pictures?
My friend Andy is in the first picture, and he isn't in the second one. Also, the picture with Andy was taken on an overcast day, and the plants are shorter.
I took the second picture today, May 31, and it's a bright, breezy, sunny day.
Both pictures are showing the same field with many, many Laysan Albatross stretching all the way to the horizon. Look closely at the albatross; what do you think is different between the 2 pictures about the birds' posture and colors?
When you think you know, check for the answer in the first comment in this post.
(Then, you might like to check the post "Laysan Albatross Return to Midway Atoll: You Are There." Three videos show a BIG change in the number of Laysan Albatros during the months of October, November and December.)
I took the second picture today, May 31, and it's a bright, breezy, sunny day.
Both pictures are showing the same field with many, many Laysan Albatross stretching all the way to the horizon. Look closely at the albatross; what do you think is different between the 2 pictures about the birds' posture and colors?
When you think you know, check for the answer in the first comment in this post.
(Then, you might like to check the post "Laysan Albatross Return to Midway Atoll: You Are There." Three videos show a BIG change in the number of Laysan Albatros during the months of October, November and December.)
6 comments:
I know; I know!
First picture, with Andy--
--posture: most albatross are sitting
--colors: most are clearly white with jet-black
Second picture, that Barb took--
--posture: most birds are standing
--colors: most of the albatross are dark charcoal
Andy's a friend of mine, too, and that picture was taken when he was here a couple years ago in January. At that time of year we adult albatross are all sitting down on our nests. Each of us has either an egg or a really young chick underneath that we're keeping warm.
You said you took your picture today, May 31? This is a very different time of year. Almost all the birds in your picture are our chicks who are now about 4 months old, and they still have a lot of their dark charcoal down. They're gradually replacing the down with their adult feathers. They're growing up! You don't see many of us white-and-jet-black parent birds in the second picture because both of us are flying far out to sea to get enough food to feed our growing sons and daughters.
I've got some pictures in my wallet of me and my chick; I'll share them with this blog in the next few days.
I wanna be an Al-ba-tross, I wanna be an Al-ba-tross!
I had no idea there were so many of them! Surreal looking pictures :-)
When my time on Mother Earth is done, I'm definitely putting in a request to come back as an Al-ba-tross!!
Auntie Moana, I have to ask... where on earth do you keep your wallet?
Wellllll, I have a friend who acted in Disney's movie "The Rescuers Down Under." (Perhaps you remember Wilbur? Here's a picture of him: http://www.posterpalace.com/detail.lasso?product_id=4323 He made a terrible landing in one scene -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQb6n2U1R8g) You'll notice how he's carrying passengers, Miss Bianca and Bernard, on his back as the "Albatross Airlines." So, sometimes I strap my wallet on my back.
But I usually strap it to my leg. I'll soon write a post of another friend of mine, T086, who has a transmitter strapped to his leg. That's completely comfortable...and it will give scientists valuable information about our albatross travels when they get the transmitter in November!
But we albatross mostly no need cash or identification; we're FREEEEEEE!
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