Hi folks,

Saw this note about Short-tailed Albatross on the Seabird-L list, and thought that all of the pelagic birders might be interested.

Dr. Hasegawa has been studying this species on Torishima for many years.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net

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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:16:21 SAST-2
From: John Cooper <jcooper at botzoo.uct.ac.za>
To: seabird at uct.ac.za
Subject: [SEABIRD] STAL Good news!! for seabird list serv

On May 6, 1 safely returned from Torishima, where I stayed for 34
>days studying the shorttailed albatross. It was a wonderful time for
>me. I wish to report good news to you. We have a total of 143 chicks
>near to fledge on Torishima this season, and the estimated size of,
>Torishima population short-tailed albatrosses, if we include them, is
>about 1,070 birds now. The breeding success was 67.1 percent - almost
>similar to that in the last season (67.0 percent).
>
>- Hiroshi Hasegawa
>
>-Biology Department
>Toho University
>Funabashi, Japan
>
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