331 Free Images of Birds Of Midway Atoll

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A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) calls at sunset

A white tern (Gygis alba) approaches from the lone tree on the airfield

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard"

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) returns to its nest and waiting chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

White tern (Gygis alba) chicks are the fluffiest little creatures I've ever seen

Close-up of a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

Sitting in a rather dangerous spot, this juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) probably won't fledge

Look at the feet on this white tern (Gygis alba) chick!

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

A large group of Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) gathers at Catchment

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying around the old orchard

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) sits in the sun

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment for a quick drink

A white tern (Gygis alba) distracts my subject, a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard"

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) (or hybrid Laysan–black-footed, potentially)

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits on its nest

Several juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) perched in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) stands in the sun

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) look at a third

A Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) sits in the yard of the Volunteer House

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits on its nest

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

An elderly male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a blue leg band

A sleepy adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) scratches its head wth its foot

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A shoe and a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Close-up of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) parent with its chick

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and their nest on Eastern Island

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a red leg band quacks

A Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) flies over the landscape of Eastern Island

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

Close-up of an adult male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A juvenile entertains an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) in front of the Volunteer House, where I lived

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) perches on a dead branch

A juvenile female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

This field of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is somewhere around 50% capacity

Close-up of an adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

Yes, that white tern (Gygis alba) is sitting on an egg laid on a chunk of broken concrete dangling from the end of a piece of rebar

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

Looking right into the mouth of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Extreme close-up of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) eye

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

Two adult red-footed boobies (Sula sula) perch on a dead branch

Two juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) observe a sailboat attempting to enter the Refuge

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick has a cozy little shade spot

Close-up of a juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

Wisdom's chick

Three juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) sit in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush, panting to keep cool

Three juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) perch on the remnants of a seawall near Rusty Bucket

An adult Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) wanders across Eastern Island, surrounded by sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus)

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) peers through tall grass

A less common tern species, probably a little tern or least tern, flies over Catchment

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

A nesting area near the runway with a particularly high concentration of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes)

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) surrounded by Atlantic canaries (Serinus canaria). Midway is home to the only self-sustaining population of yellow canaries outside of the Canary Islands.

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) stands over a patch of nohu (Tribulus cistoides) on Eastern Island

Close-up of an adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) landing on its perch

Size difference between adult male and female Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) and the vagrant female northern pintail

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) on the beach on Eastern Island

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

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