Royal Albatross Yawn In Unison During Brooding Feb. 16 ,2021

It seems like yawning is contagious even for Royal Albatross. Watch the chick and its dad (LGK) perk up and yawn before they both tuck back in for a morning rest at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve. The Royal Cam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation. For the 2020-21 season we have collaborated with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. To learn more while watching, view the cam at or at ******************************* Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Northern Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand's South Island. The 2020/21 Royal Albatross cam season is underway with a return performance from breeding pair LGL (the female, named for her leg bands colored lime/green/lime) and LGK (the male, lime/green/black), last seen on cam in 2018-2019. The female laid the pair’s egg on November 7, and it hatched on January 24, 2021. This pai