Watch the female Northern Royal Albatross (named "L") drop by the nest to feed Manaaki. Mom leads her chick to the nest site and regurgitates a few mouthfuls. Before she leaves, L drops a large chunk of seafare by the nest site (3:28), and Manaaki pecks at it from the ground.

RoyalCam was set up in January 2016 by the Department of Conservation and the Cornell Lab has been collaborating with DOC since 2019 to bring the cam to life. To learn more while watching, view the cam at

https://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam

or at

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/albatross

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Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Northern Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand's South Island.

This season (2022–23) we are watching a male, GLY (named for his colored leg bands: Green, Lime, Yellow) and female, L (Lime). The fertile egg was laid on the November 4, 2022.

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to get all the updates during what’s sure to be another action-packed season on New Zealand’s South Island.

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