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George and Geraldine reunite for their 10th nesting season
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George and Geraldine reunite for their 10th nesting season

So, George and Geraldine have found each other again at Midway Atoll for their 10th consecutive nesting season. The short-tailed albatrosses first appeared together there in 2016, and they welcomed their first chick in the 2018-2019 breeding season. They are currently the only breeding pair of their species on the atoll, where wildlife biologists use decoys and recorded calls to attract more birds. And here's the hopeful part: after feather hunting brought the species close to extinction, its population is slowly growing and is now estimated at around 10,000.
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