Royal Albatross Chick Tiaki Catches The Breeze As Ship Floats By | DOC | Cornell Lab

It’s hard to encapsulate the beauty of the Royal Albatross breeding colony at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve, but this clip gets close! Watch Tiaki feel the wind beneath her wings as a large ship rolls by in the sun-dappled waters surrounding New Zealand’s Otago Peninsula. RoyalCam 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