About

 

This website is a celebration of the soulful bond between animals, images and music, inviting visitors to go beyond the everyday, into a space where sound and sight intertwine to stir feeling and awaken imagination.

Why the name Alba + Tross? I was struck by the fantastical fact that near the Hawaiian island of Oahu, 31% of Laysan albatross pairs are same sex couples. In other words, these remarkable birds aren’t “straight” or “lesbians” or any such thing. They’re just birds. Like Jody and me: Alba + Tross.

— Carol Davidson


Want to learn more about albatrosses? Read this article in National Geographic, and this one in the New York Times.