A Albatross wings are built for dynamic soaring and can cover as much as 3000 miles per week.
L Life-long partnerships are created between albatrosses.
B By mistake, albatrosses can ingest plastic pollution while foraging in the water.
A Albatrosses are found in the Southern Hemisphere, the North Pacific Ocean, and along the west coast of North America.
T The albatross is a metaphor for a burden that feels like a curse, but historically, it was also a symbol of good luck to sailors.
R Relationships between albatrosses can be female-to-female.
O Only returning to its breeding island every year or two, most of an albatross’s life is spent at sea.
S Soaring takes up at least 85% of an aslbatross’s flight compared to time spent flapping.
S Salt glands allow albatrosses to digest the ocean water.

A place next to water is what I need. It doesn’t need to be the ocean, any body of water will do. Seagulls, while much different than their albatross friends, are known to reside by rivers and lakes. They are odd and annoying creatures. You never see people bullying albatrosses, yet a seagull is a scavenging pest that people get a laugh out of their misery. Their calls are a high pitched laugh, compared to the low, humming noise of an albatross. I used to be able to do a perfect seagull impression, it impressed many. I no longer can, my voice has gotten deeper, if I try, my breath almost becomes stuck as I try to screech.