Royal Albatross ~ Weigh Day For Feisty Āwheo! He's Still One Of The Heaviest Chicks at 10.4kg 7.7.26

Sharon Broni update ~ "Āwheo was weighed at 11am (7 July) he was over average weight at 10.4kg. This is a drop of 800g over the last 2 weeks as his weight gain will now level out. The average weight for day 166 is 10.1kg so he is doing well with regular feeds from both parents. He is one of the heaviest chicks out of the 39 chicks. The next weigh day will be the 21st of July. Current weights are ranging from 6.4 to 11.8kg and the lightest three are receiving regular supplementary feeds. Weights will level out from now on until dropping prior to fledging in September. Some chicks are now receiving their alphanumeric bands as they become more mobile. Āwheo’s adult feathers have grown under the down which is moulting off fast now. WYL’s GPS update: WYL has been in to feed Āwheo twice since last Tuesday, he has mainly been foraging in a northerly direction off the Otago coast but more recently headed further north off the Canterbury coast. BOK’s GPS update: BOK has been back to feed Āwheo twice since last Tuesday’s update and may be back in again today. For the first time since being tracked this season, she has headed south towards the Sub-Antarctic Island, Maukahuka, the Auckland Islands (bottom left). The toroa chicks are much more adult-like now and will fledge in September, their parents will migrate to build up much needed body condition that they have lost over the 7 months of raising their chick and the other half of the toroa breeding population will arrive to start their 12 months of breeding." Thank you for watching! Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk Please join the official facebook group Royal Cam Albatross Group New Zealand for up to date information on the albatross family and to share information on albatross conservation, photos and comments!   / 991026361293354   Courtesy of Dept of Conservation Royal Cam, Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head, New Zealand Watch the livestream here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/ro...