More Albatross Hazards

Last Thursday while helping the visitor group plant native grasses I had an interesting experience. To backtrack I should say that albatross regularly whoosh by close enough that you hear the sound of their passing. On this day I looked up and had a Laysan Albatross about 5 feet in front of my face coming at me at 30 miles an hour. I think I flinched and its wing hit me between my glasses and my hat and stunned me. I turned around and the bird had been upended and landed awkwardly, it shook it feathers into place and looked around like it was making sure no one was looking and walked away. Both of us were fine.