{"id":11,"date":"2011-08-07T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-05-28T20:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T20:53:53","slug":"seeing-albatross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/seeing-albatross\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Albatross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1911\" src=\"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kauaimap31.gif\" alt=\"kauaimap3\" width=\"412\" height=\"400\" \/>Kaua`i is one of the only easily-accessible places in the world where people of any physical ability can witness Laysan albatross in person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KPNWR provides an ideal opportunity to watch the magnificent birds gliding by at close range. They can also be seen courting and nesting on a hillside about 100 yards away.<br \/>\nEntry fee $10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreation.gov\/ticket\/facility\/300018\">Reservations required<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open 10am-4pm Wednesday-Saturday<\/strong><br \/>\nClosed Sunday to Tuesday and major holidays<\/p>\n<p>Free parking<br \/>\nWheelchair accessible<br \/>\nFor visitors needing assistance, free cart rides are available from parking lot: ask at fee booth.<\/p>\n<p>Peak albatross viewing January-March.<br \/>\nShorter months: late November-December and early April. This coincides with humpback whale season.<br \/>\nFree binoculars are on loan at visitor center.<\/p>\n<p>Other native bird species at KPNWR (some depending on season): red-footed booby, great frigatebird, Hawaiian goose (n\u0113n\u0113), wedge-tailed shearwater, white-tailed tropicbird, red-tailed tropicbird<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SafinaCenterStonyBrook_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"SafinaCenterStonyBrook_RGB\" width=\"378\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SafinaCenterStonyBrook_RGB.jpg 378w, https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SafinaCenterStonyBrook_RGB-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaua`i is one of the only easily-accessible places in the world where people of any physical ability can witness Laysan albatross in person. Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge KPNWR provides an ideal opportunity to watch the magnificent birds gliding by at close range. They can also be seen courting and nesting on a hillside about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-large"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5604,"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/5604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albatrosskauai.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}