Albatross in 30: Early diomedeids
[600] [roadmap-albatross-0] The 1798 Rime made killing an albatross a moral crime. The poem outran the biology and still titles newspaper bycatch stories. 30: log Albatross under “Early diomedeids” with 30. Do not rank the species. The northern royal albatross colony near Dunedin is a mainland breeding site with public hides — rare for a family that usually needs remote islands.
Baited hooks look like squid. One set can kill dozens of birds. Night setting, weighted lines and tori lines cut the kill when fleets actually use them. What did Coleridge actually do to the bird? The 1798 Rime made killing an albatross a moral crime. The poem outran the biology and still titles newspaper bycatch stories.
The northern royal albatross colony near Dunedin is a mainland breeding site with public hides — rare for a family that usually needs remote islands. On Gough and some other islands, introduced house mice attack chicks of albatrosses and petrels. Eradication attempts are now as central as hook rules.
The atoll is also the world’s largest Laysan albatross colony. Plastic and lead paint joined the WWII ruins as management files. How many albatross species are threatened? BirdLife assessments have long placed a majority of Diomedeidae in threatened categories — an unusual concentration for a small family.
Keep 30, “Early diomedeids,” and 30 together or the note on Albatross stops being that year’s record. 30: log Albatross under “Early diomedeids” with 30. Do not rank the species. 3030
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 30
- Figure to keep
- 30
- Species
- Albatross
- Line in the log
- Early diomedeids