A female Wandering Albatross (Diomedia exulans) and chick on a nest on Bird Island, South Georgia, sub-Antarctic

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It's hatching time here on Bird Island for our wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) with about two thirds of them hatched out. This adult female is still incubating her rapidly growing chick, who is just over three weeks old now.

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Size: 7360px × 4305px
Location: Bird Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Photo credit: © Derren Fox / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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