Candidate Species Short-tailed Albatross spend much of their life on the wing, sometimes flying from nesting grounds in Japan or Midway Island to Alaska waters to feed while raising a chick. This video catches that amazing transformation from clumsy land bird to royalty of the skies.

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(Photo: This Short-tailed Albatross and his mate are the first pair successfully nesting outside Japan; they started nesting on Midway Island in 2012, and are currently raising this little chick. Photo from US Fish & Wildlife Service.)