Photo Gallery A Bird's Eye View
Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey fixed tiny cameras to the back of four albatrosses to investigate how they hunt for food. The special cameras took a picture every 30 seconds while thermometers and other devices recorded information about the environmental conditions.
Until now scientists have puzzled over how the birds could locate their prey, which lurked meters' deep in the open seas.
But the pictures provided a new understanding of the birds. One of the pictures showed how they followed killer whales in their bid to find food. Scientists think this was a deliberate ploy to profit from the scraps of its catches.
Some of the pictures showed how albatrosses sometimes hunt in a pack.
The black-browed albatrosses take care of their young on Bird Island, a small island off the coast of South Georgia Islands.
During incubation season the parents tend to take turns in caring for the young and hunting for food.
