Friday, February 24, 2012

The Courtship of the Waved Albatross


The courtship of the Waved Albatross was one of the many memorable experiences on our Galapagos Islands expedition in May, 2009.  It was a lot of fun to watch them "sword fighting" as part of their courtship.  Of course, being in the Galapagos means the birds pay absolutely no attention to us.


In this video we hear  a vocalization as part of the display; we also see some nice head bobbing from side to side.

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