Birders Recently Chris Caster pointed out that a banded 60 year-old Laysay Albatross had been found nesting on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the oldest wild bird known to have nested. Just to add a little Iowa spin to the story, the bird and its nest were located by John Klavitter, a native of Dubuque who is now a wildlife biologist for the USFWS and deputy manager of the Midway Atoll NWR where he has been for several years. John did his undergraduate work at Iowa State University where he studied in the wildlife biology program.
jim dinsmore The Villages, FL --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
