Royal Albatross Yawn In Unison During Brooding – Feb. 16 ,2021

It seems like yawning is contagious even for Royal Albatross. Watch the chick and its dad (LGK) perk up and yawn before they both tuck back in for a morning rest at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve. The Royal Cam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation. For the 2020-21 season we have collaborated with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 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 pai