Lone young Short-tailed Albatross courting the smaller Laysan Albatross in the absence of any other birds of his own species on the island

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Size: 5470px × 3200px
Location: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge & Battle of Midway National Memorial, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Photo credit: © Rosanne Tackaberry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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