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Just a couple of dozen miles off the Pacific coast,

immense dark birds with long saber-shaped wings

glide without effort above the wave tops.

These graceful giants are black-footed albatrosses, flying by the thousands near the edge of the continental shelf.

Albatross's arc and coast over the ocean for hours with hardly a flap of their

wings. Making the most of wind currents and shifts in air pressure, these wondrous seabirds seem to levitate over the water.

Black-footed albatross numbers peak off the coast in summer.

Many adults return to the Hawaiian islands during our winter and spring

to court and nest on sandy islands.

In Hawaiian waters, the Black-footed albatross collects squid and masses of

flying fish eggs with its long hooked-tipped bill. Adult birds may fly hundreds of miles at sea to provide food for the single Goliath nestling,

which looks more than a little like a portly gray recumbent version of Big bird. Bird. Bird note gives you the sounds of birds every

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