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Yellow-nosed Albatross
Photo by: John Arvin
Found October 28, 1976
4m. west of Port Mansfield
Willacy County, TX.
This bird was taken into care on the above date,
photographed in captivity on February 16, 1977, and died in captivity
on April 19 of that year. The specimen is held at UT Pan American
at Brownsville, and the comparative photos were taken while this
specimen was on loan to TAMU/TCWC:
This specimen is the third State record: it was found on San
Jose Island, Aransas County, on July 11, 1997.
These comparison photos show the San Jose
Island specimen with the Port Mansfield specimen:
In this dorsal image, the Port Mansfield bird is on top, the
San Jose Island bird below
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