Richard de Hamel Visits the Middles!

Who is Richard de Hamel?
Richard de Hamel is a person that tells people about birds. He works at the sub-antarctic islands in between New Zealand and Antarctica.

What did he tell us about?
He told us about albatrosses:
- Albatrosses can fly for six years in a row.
- They sit on the water at night for food. The reason they do this at night is because all the good food comes up to the surface of the water from down in the deep sea.
- Albatrosses have really long wings and they don't need to flap their wings much. They just glide. They have really light bones with air in them.

What did he show us? 
Richard showed us some parts of the albatross:
- The bones from the wings were very light and hollow and they looked transparent. I think they are hollow and light because they were only tiny. It's lucky that the bones were light to help it fly more, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fly for six years.
- We saw the wing of the albatross and Richard told us about the tracking device that they put on the bird's legs to track them.

What was your favourite part of the talk from Richard de Hamel?
My favourite part was Richard getting the big albatross wings and trying to get Jacob to fly. I think that the reason why it didn't work is because he was too heavy.

By Riria, Delta and Libby!