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Royal Cam
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 * Royal Cam** -- http://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam -- is a live stream of one of several Northern royal albatross nesting at [|Pukekura/Taiaroa Head] near Dunedin, in New Zealand. It takes almost a full year for these impressively large seabirds to raise a single chick.

Some history: Northern royal albatross or Toroa, have been nesting successfully at Taiaroa Head since 1938, and the colony now has more than 200 individual birds. These long-lived seabirds are one of the largest seabirds, with a wingspan of three metres and are nearly one meter tall!

Taiaroa Head is also home to more than 10,000 seabirds, including blue penguins, endangered Stewart Island shags, and red-billed gull colonies, that are all benefiting from the pest control and management work that the Department of Conservation and other organisations do.

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Key Links
http://www.doc.govt.nz http://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam https://www.facebook.com/albatrosscentre [|@docgovtnz] [|@AlbatrossCentre]

2017 headlines
Tūmanako has fledged! On September 28, he stretched his wings on land one last time and took off on his first sea voyage. Tūmanako will now spend several years at sea http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1701/S00658/new-royal-cam-star-is-born.htm https://acap.aq/es/vinculos/14-news/latest-news/2894-taiaroa-head-s-northern-royal-albatrosses-start-their-new-breeding-season

Videos
Published on Jan 29, 2017  The female albatross (known as RBK) arrives back after being out at sea. The father (BK) is on the nest, on top of their 2 day old chick. [|#RoyalCam] is streaming live from the northern royal albatross colony at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, New Zealand. media type="youtube" key="UWONPM46j1U" width="560" height="315"

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Moana (2016)
Meet Moana. He manu o te moana, a bird of the sea.

http://www.doc.govt.nz/namethechick

Moana hatched on January 21 and is currently in the post guard stage. This means she is left alone at the nest for extended periods while her parents head to sea to forage. They returned to feed Moana every so often. She fledged in September at about eight months old.

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Welcome to Royal cam - streaming live from our northern royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head near Dunedin. A young albatross pair are currently taking turns on the nest, keeping their egg warm. Look for their colour bands - the male bird has blue-black (BK) colour bands and the female has red-blue-black (RBK).

Go to www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam to watch highlights, leave a comment, or ask questions. DOC ranger Lyndon Perriman will be on hand to answer your questions.

DOC staff are present daily, monitoring this nest and over 20 others found on Taiaroa Head/Pukekura this season.

Northern royal albatross or toroa, have been nesting at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head since 1938, and the colony is now over 100 individual birds. They are one of the largest seabirds, with a wingspan of three metres!