Each one of the white dots is a location provided by the Argos satellites.
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On April 23, 1995 we put five transmitters on waved
albatrosses in the Galápagos Islands. Female 4 was the first albatross that we "tagged". She had laid her
egg on that same day. Two days later her mate (Male 7) returned from a feeding trip
and took over incubation of their egg, and she left right away. Female 4 flew
straight to the coast of Peru, travelling constantly for five days, and then spent 20 days
in a fairly small area there. After that long stay near Peru she flew back to her
nest on Española Island. The entire trip took one month, from April 25 to May
25! Each one of the white dots is a location provided by the Argos satellites. |
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