Live Royal Albatross Cam - #RoyalCam - New Zealand Dept. of Conservation | Cornell Lab

RoyalCam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation. Beginning with the 2019/20 season we have partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams (). To learn more while watching, view the cam at or at ******************************* Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Northern Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand’s South Island. The 2020/21 Royal Albatross cam season is underway with a return performance from breeding pair LGL (the female, named for her leg bands colored lime/green/lime) and LGK (the male, lime/green/black), last seen on cam in 2018-2019. The female laid the pair’s egg on November 7, and it hatched on January 24, 2021. This pair of ocean wanderers has been together since 2017, and in 2018–2019 they were the stars of the Royal Cam, raising