• Wandering Albatross! 3 in total.

    February 8, 2024, Tasman Sea ⋅ 🌬 63 °F

    I think we have our first albatross sighting!!! These things can have a wing span of over 11 feet, greater than an Andean condor, and live to be 80 years old. They rarely flap their wings, they do something called dynamic soaring, skimming the water and then gliding upward, then back down to the water, graceful.Read more