Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
Kilauea Point
Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
Kilauea Point
We were lucky enough, while on Kauai, to see some albatross nesting. Fairly tame and docile birds, the females mate for life, some attaining 60 years. Subject to widespread hunting in the early 1900s for their feathers, the population of the Layson Albatross is rebounding. The juvenile albatross does not return to the colony for three years, spending that time at sea or in the air, and does not mate until six or seven years old.
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