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

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

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) flying over South Atlantic. Cooper Bay, South Georgia. November.

John Shaw / Black-browed albatross pair (Thalassarche melanophris) mutual grooming during copulation. New Island, Falkland Islands, November.

Tui De Roy / Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) pair, Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic. Endangered.

Tui De Roy / Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) courtship display sequence. Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic.

Tui De Roy / Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos). nesting amid Blechnum palmiforme tree ferns. Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic.

Claudio Contreras / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) close up resting, West Point Island, Falkland Islands, October

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) preening its chick, chick looks up panting, thermoregulating, West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Tilt shot of a Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) with its chick on a nest, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a pair of Black browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) mutual grooming, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) chick in nest, interacting with a Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) chick, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of Black browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) display bonding, touching beaks, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Heike Odermatt / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair courting, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Black browed albatros (Thalassarche melanophrys), Cape Point, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) swimming at surface with Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) below, Cape Point, South Africa.

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 / Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) in flight against a blue sky, off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Brent Stephenson / Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) in flight low over the sea, off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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

Brent Stephenson / Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) banking in flight while looking down. Tristan da Cunha, Tristan Group, South Atlantic, March.

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / Portrait of a Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchus) standing on grassed ground. Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, south Atlantic, March.

Brent Stephenson / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) swimming on the water with bill wide open in threat display. Note the diagnostic pale eye of this species. Off North Cape, New Zealand, April.

Brent Stephenson / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in threat display. Note the diagnostic pale eye of this species. Off North Cape, New Zealand, April.

Heike Odermatt / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick begging for food, Falkland Islands

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

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) flying, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

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

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick on pedestal nest, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) running to take flight, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair courting, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair courting, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting colony, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting colony, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on pedestal nest, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on pedestal nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on pedestal nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) eye, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on pedestal nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair, Keppel Island, Falkland 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

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

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

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) immature flying, North Cape, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) parent guarding chick, North Cape, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand

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

Luciano Candisani / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) portrait, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Luciano Candisani / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) flying, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Luciano Candisani / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick begging parent for food, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick, New Island, Falkland Islands

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick, New Island, Falkland Islands

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.

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) flying, endangered, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands

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

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.

Flip de Nooyer / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chicks on tower nests, South Georgia Island

Tui De Roy / Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) returning en masse to crowded nesting colony at sunset, Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) returning to crowded nesting colony at sunset, Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) portrait of two month old chick awaiting parent's feeding, Bull Rock, North Cape Colony, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) coming in to land, Bull Rock Cape Colony, Campbell Island, New Zealand

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

Tui De Roy / White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) pair courting, Southwest Cape, Auckland Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) couple courting, Southwest Cape, Auckland Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) pair at Bull Rock, North Cape Colony, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) coming in to land, Bull Rock, North Cape Colony, Campbell Island, New Zealand

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

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over sea at sunrise. South Atlantic Ocean between The Falklands and South Georgia. November.

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over South Atlantic, viewed through ship's window. South Georgia.

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over South Atlantic, viewed through ship's window. South Georgia.

Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), three in flight. South Atlantic Ocean between The Falklands and South Georgia. November.