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Season's First Albatross Takes Wing Early

Radio New Zealand

September 4, 2022

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Stormy weather in Dunedin has been a bonus for at least one resident.

The first albatross chick of the season has taken to the skies - bound for South America.

The Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula said it didn’t even get time to name the bird, who will be known by her code, Q.T.