Laysan Albatrosses Nest at Midway Atoll

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English - January 26, 2020 08:00 - ★★★★★ - 485 ratings
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Midway Atoll is the winter home of nearly a million nesting albatrosses. Laysan Albatrosses return to Midway in November to breed. Roughly 450,000 pairs wedge their way into a scant 2½ square miles of land surface. And why do Laysans nest in winter?