Royal Albatross ~ GLG Returns Home & Sees Her Chick For The 1st time! Begins A Feeding! 💞 💕 2.4.25
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- From Sharyn Broni "Weighing in at 286g at hatching on the 28th of January, and up to 580g on day 6 on the 3rd of February the chicks growth rate has been good. We will be tracking the chick’s weight up until fledging in September before this time the chick should weigh at least 7kg. GLG’s round trip of foraging, around 1200km (745 miles) Now it is RLK/A85’s turn to search for food.
The parents of Manaaki have one of the older chicks this season and YRK (parent of Atawhai and Lilibet) and her new mate also have a chick. At 31 years of ager YRK is a very experienced breeder having raised 8 chicks (including 2 foster chicks) previously. GLY and L, the parents of Manaaki are raising their 4th chick."
GLG returns back after her 7 day, 1200km foraging trip for food as she approaches a sleeping RLK. They both greet one another with beautiful skycalls and mutual allopreening. GLG waits for RLK to get up and once he does, she sees her new hatchling for the very first time! What a beautiful Moment for GLG ♥ She immediately begins a feeding for her wee chick and RLK is able to now fly out to sea to find food and forage. It was a long feeding - I edited it a bit. SSTrig is now safe & secure under Mum GLG until RLK returns. Thank you for watching!
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📌 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐦 (2024-2025)
Nest site: Signal Station Trig. Taiaroa Head, New Zealand
Royalcam Couple: RLK (Red, Lime, black) 12-year-old male and GLG (Green, Lime Green) 14-year-old female.
Egg laid: November 11th 2024. It has been candled and is fertile. RLK and GLG will take turns to incubate the egg for 2.5 months.
Egg hatched: January 28th 2025
This pair started breeding in 2019/20, but their egg failed that season. They successfully raised two female chicks during 2021 and 2023 respectively. Their nests during these seasons were not far from the Royalcam nests of Tiaki and Manaaki and the chicks were seen on cam later in the season.
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Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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Courtesy of Dept of Conservation Royal Cam, Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head, New Zealand
I’m so glad and relieved GLG is back home. Safe foraging RLK.
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How fabulous ❤❤❤❤. And the stories of the albatross trips and so many raised chicks .! Just amazing to think how far these birds travel , how dedicated they are , the dangers they face 🫤🥺❤
Their adults sky calls are music to my ear especially the chick’s sky call. Love it especially the first time a chick does sky call.
Beautiful scene
Я очень рад😍😘люблю их.
Little one is sooooo hungry! Mom tried to sit down several times but the chick wasn't having it!
Welcome back GLG! I’m happy she’s returned, 😊 she needed to meet her baby 😄🥰🥰, I bet she was happy when she saw that adorable little bundle of joy! Thank you for sharing Lady Hawk! 😊
I just love these birds
So glad mom is home safe and sound and so was RLK with that beautiful sky call. Seeing her chick and giving a feeding, wonderful!
Welcome back! I'm so glad to see their meeting. All family is together. 😊 I watch it with great pleasure. It's wonderful news.
Thanks a million for your interesting video!❤
Such a lovely, peacefl video. Thank you.
The next time my husband complains when I send him out for milk about a mile away, I'll remind him of GLG's trip of 745 miles to get food for her baby! I'm so happy she made it home safe and had a joyous reunion with RLK. Meeting her new baby was icing on the cake. Such a sweet video, Lady Hawk ~ thank you!
😅😅 it was a sweet moment.❤
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Awwwww she has plenty of food stored up for the baby!
I absolutely love when parents see each other after time away. GLG seeing her chick is so sweet. See you soon, RLK! Be safe! Thank you, Lady Hawk!
I real look forward to seeing these videos. Goodness 745 miles for a mother to get food for her chick. I can only imagine what that like to experience. These birds are amazing. I hope the mother and, chick have a lovely future ahead. Chick grows up strong and healthy. I apologise for the length of this comment.😮( 😊😊❤❤).
I love RLK’s long drawn out skycalls ❤
❤❤the miles she flies is amazing. Comes home meets and feeds her new chick. 🥹
Beautiful exchange between RLK and GLG! What a special surprise for GLG to see her chick. Precious to watch her immediately feed SSTrig! Wishing the best for this family! 🙏💕
Great news
❤warms my heart
Breathtaking skycalls!🥰 God bless GLG, RLK and baby SST and all wildlife!🙏🏼 RLK stay safe at sea; and please return quick!🙏🏼Tysm Lady Hawk for sharing!🙌🏼🙏🏼
What a wonderful feeling to be looking at my computer with tears in my eyes when I’m supposed to be working!😊 Just beautiful…such a perfect moment. Thank you for this, Lady Hawk…wishing everyone a blessed day!😊
Surprise mom! Your baby chick is excited to meet you. Dad has taken excellent care of the baby while you were gone. One big happy family
🥰💞🌿🦢💞 Adorable divine Mother's love by Mommy GLG for her new wee chick!! 💞💞 Love at first sight!! 💞🐥👀🦢💞 And Mommy GLG immediately fed her sweetie SSTrig chick. 💞💞 What an absolutely sweet and tender moment between Mommy GLG and her baby!! Oh my heart!! 💘 She's already in love with her SSTrig chick. Gotta love these three more and more!! 💖🦢🐥🦢💖 May they be blessed, stay safe and keep thriving beautifully. 🙏🦢🐥🦢🙏 May God bless them abundantly and protect them always. 🙏🌱🙏 Thank you so much for this heartwarming video, dear Lady Hawk. 💙💙 Many blessings and hugs to you, my friend. 💐💙🫂🥰🥰💞🌿🦢🐥🦢🌿💞🙏
Welcome home GLG! What a wonderful surprise to see your new chick for the first time. What great news from around the hill! Congratulations to YRK for a new mate and new chick, as well as to Manaaki's parents and all the other couples who have chicks this year! Wonderful news, Lady Hawk! Thank you!
Always missing manaaki...he was the 1st albie for me. He is not tagged so I don't believe we know where he is
@@annwilliams1073I ❤ Manaaki! Lillibet QT was my first - she lost her Dad several months before she fledged and her Mom is YRK who has her first albie this year with a new mate.
@@Ani_Malier01 Лилибет это Пиппа?
Yay! ♥️
They do beakie kisses too❤❤❤❤
I'm releived GLG has returned home safe and sound with her chick. What beautiful sky calls and preening. 🤍I will miss seeing RLK on the nest, it feels like forever but so happy GLG gets time with her baby. Please stay safe while out at sea, our beloved RLK. 🤍
🙏🙏♥️♥️
🦜So happy mum arrived to her chick and not a foster 👏🏻 Welcome back
The chick is stuffed! All is well 😊
Welcome home GLG💕 a cute little fluffy surprise was waiting for you🐥Very touching as she is in a hurry to feed SST .... See you soon RLK, have a safe flight over the sea and fish lots of squids 🐙 Many thanks Lady Hawk for the good news concerning the colony 🤗❤
Sooooooooh cute and adorable 🎉
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Welcome back Sweet Mom GLG 🤍💞 And what a Beautiful precious moment of surprise to see her Gergous lil chick 🤍♥️ Wonderful welcome between RKL and GLG ♥️🕊 Every moment is cherishing 🙏 Thankyou for all information and great video Dear Lady Hawk ❤, Giving us all smiles 😃, Wishing you and all Friends a Wonderful blessed week 🙏🕊♥️🤍💞🌹🤗
Szybko tym razem wróciła GLG...czyżby matczyny instynkt.
Bardzo się cieszę ze względu na YRK ❤,dobrze, że znalazła nowego partnera i ma maluszka..
Dziękuję za wszelkie informacje Lady Hawk 🌹
Are you my mother? Yes, I am your mother.
Love to see when the other parent comes back from sea, so loving they are! LadyHawk, do you know who YRK's new mate is?
Hi Barbara yes YRK's mate is A87 a ten year old albie -the first chick for the RoyalCam couple YWK & KGY. YWK is OGK's older brother so A87 is OGK's nephew! I think that is a pretty impressive bloodline for this chick!! ♥♥
@ladyhawk Thank you for your quick reply! So he's quite young compared to her...! I love it! I so miss OGK, wishing he would've come back... he was such a great partner..
Lilibet's mom, YRK, is the one who lost her mate late in the season, right? She is raising another chick here with her new mate? Where is she located? That wonderful!
Yes that is correct. OGK was YRK's mate and Lilibet's Dad 2022 - OGK went missing in May. YRK now has found a new young mate and is raising a chick this season! We have not been given her nest location.
Be nice if we had the camera getting closer view of the baby and mom feeding it
Mum GLG is back already 🙏🤍🦢🐥🤗 She must felt that SSTrig has hatched 😇💖 Perfect and long feeding for SSTrig 🤗 Now it will pass all checks and weighings after such a long and nutritional feeding 🙏 ✨ May Heavens and Universe protect this awesome family 🙏❤️🤗☘️🦢🐥🦢🤍 Thank you for beautiful footage and commentary dear Lady Hawk 🤗💞 💐🍓🐝 Pure and relaxing to watch 😍🌸