1999 Photographs



The top bird in this photograph is a juvenile Short-tailed Albatross and is only the 3rd photo record for Canadian waters. It was taken by Julie Kellicutt while on board the IPHC survey vessel, Pender Isle. It was seen July 25, 1999 NE of Kunghit Island, Queen Charlottes.

The above sub-adult Short-tailed Albatross photograph was taken by Scott Casey on August 20th near Amukta Island on the Aleutian chain. Scott was on the F/V Pacific Sun during IPHC grid surveys.  This bird is almost in adult plumage but has yet to show a yellow head or white in the wings. .
 

This is a rare group of 3 Short-tailed Albatross near Unalaska Island on the Aleutian chain. The bottom left and top right birds are in juvenile plumage and the front center bird,  with lots of white, is in subadult plumage. The subadult bird had a yellow band on its left leg.  This photograph was taken by Scott Casey on August 23 while on board the F/V Pacific Sun.


Photo taken June 22nd near Sequam Pass on the F/V Trident.This subadult  bird (center right) was seen for 2 hours along with the 2 birds below.


This shows an adult Short-tailed Albatross  (top left) along with a juvenile ( mid frame 3rd from the right). This photograph was taken on the same day as the one above. Other birds in the frame are Northern Fulmar and a Glaucous-winged Gull.
 
 

This photo was taken by Reisa Latorra, while working on our research vessel Bold Pursuit. The top bird is a juvenile Short-tailed Albatross and the lower bird is the more common Black-footed Albatross. They were seen January 19th at 54:09:09 x 133:37:18 which is on the Whaleback fishing grounds off Langara Island in the Queen Charlottes. This is the second Short-tailed Albatross photo record for BC waters.  We also have another observation from the vessel Heritage working off Kodiak Island, Alaska. They saw a juvenile bird on January 16th but we have not received the photographs.

Another bird was observed on February 18-19, 1999 in Icy Bay, Alaska (near Yakutat) on the vessel, Masonic. The bird was shy of the vessel and difficult to photograph but you an still see the bird on the left has a pink beak. There is 2 Northern Fulmars and one Black-footed Albatross pictured here as well. IPHC biologist Dan Randolph took the photograph at 59:30.84 N x 142:20.05 W.