Bill D wrote:
... there is a paper (which I can't find right now) reporting results obtained from tiny GPS loggers carried by Albatross.
Their long-distance, non-stop foraging flights - some over 3000km - would make any OLC competitor cry.

This one?
www.cebc.cnrs.fr/publipdf/2002/WSci295.pdf

"he movement of a male was recorded
for 20.2 hours at sea with the bird
spending 68.8% of its time in fligh
and covering a total distance of
1014 km (i.e., 996 km in flight and the
rest drifting).
The average flight speed was 71.6 km/h"
--
Roberto Waltman

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