This photograph was taken by Matt LaCroix on August 9, 1997  while working on one of the International Pacific Halibut Commission research cruises. The large bird in the center of the photo is a juvenile Short-tailed Albatross. It was banded on the left leg with a bright red ring and was located near the Shumagin Islands, west of Kodiak Island. This is one of 14 different sightings of Short-tailed Albatross seen in 1997 during IPHC research trips in Alaska.

This subadult Short-tailed Albatross (above) was seen near Stalemate Bank in the Western Aleutians on August 25, 1997. Biologist Joan Forsberg took the photograph while working on a International Pacific Halibut Commission research charter.

These next 2 photographs (above and below) were taken by IPHC biologist Calvin Blood on board the F/V Judi B while doing a grid survey for the Halibut Commission. In the above picture the bird on the left is an adult Short-tailed Albatross and the bird to the right is a Laysan Albatross. The amount of white and the pink bill are diagnostic field marks for the Short-tailed Albatross. This and the following photograph were taken near Stalemate Bank in the Western Aleutians on August 25, 1997.
This is a group of three Short-tailed Albatross. The bird on the left is a subadult Short-tailed Albatross. It has a dark nape but is molting into adult plumage. The birds to the right are both adults. This picture though fuzzy is amazing considering the world population is less than 1,000 individuals.