Royal Albatross ~ Rangers Hydrate OGK With Fluids After Being On Nest 15 Days! ♥ 1.5.22

This morning, OGK was hydrated with 600ml water with vitrate (a non-antibiotic supportive treatment for dehydration). Theo held and Chris McCormack from the Royal Albatross Centre gave the fluids via a tube. As you can seen this is a 2 person task. OGK struggles as he is a wild bird. But he gets back on the dummy egg after a shake on release because he is loyal to his mate and nest.

This is day 15 for OGK on the nest. He is still incubating the dummy egg that he received on day 13. The natal egg is in the incubator along with 2 others who have long changeover times at their nests. The weather has been warm and New Zealand is experiencing a marine heatwave currently. We also have several other nests approaching the 13 day mark for changeover time. Foraging changes for some of the breeding birds may be tough if food stocks are not where they expect.

Later this afternoon YRK returned to the nest to relieve OGK! Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

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Courtesy of Dept of Conservation Royal Cam, Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head, New Zealand & Cornell Labs