Fred Astaire

Exploring Albatross Movements - 2008

A project of Albatross Conservation Collaborative.

click map for full-size version Movements of a Black-footed Albatross equipped with a satellite-linked transmitter programmed to operate on a 60-second repetition rate for 6 hours (noon - 6 pm, California time) every day. Only good quality locations (classes 1, 2, 3, 0) are shown as connected filled circles, with the color indicating the timing of the location. Poor quality locations (classes A, B) are shown as black dots.

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Species: Black-footed Albatross
Life Stage: Breeder (Plumage 3)
Gender: Unknown
Release Date: 2008-08-05 19:53:00
Release Location: Cordell Bank
Last Location: 2008-09-20 00:55:37

Background

This bird is named after Fred Astaire because like BFAL, he liked dance parties. Submitted by Tracy Gill, NOAA.

Fred Astaire stopped transmitting on September 20, 46 days after being tagged. Because the voltage data from the transmitter revealed that the singe AA battery had not been exhausted. This result suggests that the transmitter failed or detached prematurely.