This is a Waved Albatross in The Galapagos Islands walking around. We were visiting an Albatross "landing strip". They would fly around and around waiting for the perfect spot to land. They had to be careful not to break a wing on landing because of the volcanic rocks. When they took flight they could not run on these rocks, therefore they just waddled over to the edge of the cliff and dropped off the side. Gabriel said that sometimes these birds would fly away and stay out on the ocean 5 years before returning.
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