Two banded Black-browed Albatross were seen on the June 1st pelagic out of Portland, Victoria. These have been identified as being banded by Henri Weimerskirch’s research group in the Kerguelen Archipelago some 5,700 km from the location of the sightings. Both birds were banded as adults 9 and 15 years ago, respectively. As these birds take several years to reach maturity they are likely to be much older. Henri also says that he has ten juvenile Black-browed Albatross from Kerguelen fitted with satellite tags which are currently off the coast of Kangaroo Island and New South Wales. All the best, Rowan _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org