Todd Pusser / Black browed albatross pair {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falkland Islands

Todd Pusser / Black browed albatross in flight {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falkland Is

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight low over ocean near Maquarie Island, Australia. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight against sunrise sky. Snares Islands, New Zealand. November. November.

Brent Stephenson / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying low with wing tip cutting the surface of a calm sea. Off Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Brent Stephenson / Buller's albatross (Thalassarce bulleri) landing on the sea with wings outstretched off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Tim Laman / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) head portrait, Galapagos, Critically endangered

Tim Laman / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight, soaring, Galapagos, Critically endangered

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) close-up of eyes, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait of chick, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) flying, silhouetted against the sky, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Nick Garbutt / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying over rugged coast near Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic. January (digitally altered image)

SIMON KING / Black browed albatross flying over iceberg {Thalassarche melanophrys} South Georgia

Pete Oxford / Close up of Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on nest with chick, Saunders Island. Off north coast of West Falkland. Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight with storm clouds, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Andrew Walmsley / Buller's albatross / mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Kaikoura, New Zealand, July

David Tipling / Black-browed albatross {Thalassarche melanophrys} in flight over the Southern Ocean, nr South Georgia, November

Ian McCarthy / Wandering albatross {Diomedea exulans} in a snow flurry, South Georgia

Ian McCarthy / Wandering albatross {Diomedea exulans} flying over open ocean, South Atlantic

Pete Oxford / Measuring bill size of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punta Suarez, Española / Hood Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair at nest after change over for incubation, Punta Suarez, Española Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) portrait, Punta Cevallos, Espaola Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) portrait, Punta Cevallos, Española Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) with water droplet falling from beak, Punta Cevallos, Española Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) rear view, Punta Cevallos, Espaola Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) portrait, Punta Cevallos, Española Island, Galapagos Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) portrait, Punta Cevallos, Espaola Island, Galapagos Islands

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick on nest, part of a large colony, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick on nest, part of a large colony, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick on nest, part of a large colony, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Grey-Headed albatross (Thalassarche / Diomedea chrysostoma) portrait, South Georgia

Andy Rouse / Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche / Diomedea chrysostoma) portrait, South Georgia

Andy Rouse / Grey-Headed albatross (Thalassarche / Diomedea chrysostoma) portrait, South Georgia

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) flying over coastal habitat, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship, Punta Cevallos, Española Island, Galapagos Islands, Critically Endangered

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship, Punta Cevallos, Espaola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. Endemic, Critically endangered

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship, Punta Cevallos, Española Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. Endemic, Critically endangered

Roy Mangersnes / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in flight near South Georgia, Antarctica. November

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Inaki Relanzon / Black browed albatross {Thalassarche melanophrys} standing on nest looking at camera with chick on another nest, Falklands Islands, South Atlantic, February

Steven Kazlowski / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick on its nest, with colony on the cliffs below. New Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Chris Gomersall / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in flight over ocean, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean, Antarctica.

Chris Gomersall / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in flight over ocean, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean, Antarctica.

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair in courtship display, Española / Hood Island, Galapagos

Solvin Zankl / Close up of Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) eye, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) parents tending chick, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on nest with chick, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship dance under rainy season clouds, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

TJ Rich / Black-browed albatross on nest with chick (Thalassarche melanophrys). Falkland Islands.

TJ Rich / Black-browed albatross on nest with chick (Thalassarche melanophrys). Falkland Islands.

Pete Oxford / Black browed albatrosses feed behind fishing trawler, South Atlantic {Diomedea melanophrys}

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship display sequence, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair bonding, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair bonding in flowering tribulus field during rains, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship display sequence, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) pair on storm-lashed western cliffs looking toward south promonitory, Snares Islands, endemic to New Zealand's southern Islands, New Zealand

Michael Pitts / Laysan albatross display (Phoebastria immutabilis) Midway Atoll Pacific

Michael Pitts / Laysan albatross display (Phoebastria immutabilis) Sand Is Midway Atoll Pacific

Ben Osborne / Black browed albatross flying over crashing waves {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falklands Is

Michael Pitts / Laysan albatross feeding chick {Diomedea immutabalis} Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Auckland Islands, New Zealand, November.

Kevin Schafer / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick begging parent for food, Bird Island, South Georgia Island

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight over sea, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross / Mollymawk (Thalassarche / Thalassarche bulleri) in flight, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Snares Islands, New Zealand. November.

Christophe Courteau / Waved albatross {Diomedea / Phoebastria irrorata} Hood Is, Galapagos.

Christophe Courteau / Waved albatross flying {Diomedea / Phoebastria irrorata} Hood Is, Galapagos.

Christophe Courteau / Waved albatross flying {Diomedea / Phoebastria irrorata} Hood Is, Galapagos.

Christophe Courteau / Waved albatross mating {Diomedea / Phoebastria irrorata} Hood Is, Galapagos.