So long, and thanks for all the fish oil.

The albatross chicks are getting ready to leave Tern Island, and so must I. Tomorrow the Kahana is arriving to take me back to Honolulu and my Tern Island adventure will be over. In a month or so the albatross chicks will all have fledged. Their adventure is just beginning.

I don't want to get overly sentimental or gushy at this stage so I will finish as I started, with a quote:

'Recently I travelled with albatrosses through much of their range, asking them to reveal their world. The fraction of their lives that I saw- and what it said of the life we share- tells a story of struggle and hope and the power of sheer resistance. They taught me much.'
Carl Safina