331 Free Images of Birds Of Midway Atoll

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

Plastic bursts from an albatross carcass as it decomposes. This particular bird had 558 pieces of plastic in its stomach when it died, which was likely the cause.

A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) plus one Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) flies over Eastern Island

A flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) bathes in Catchment as sand contaminated by lead paint is taken to the abatement area

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and a juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor) sit in a dead tree on Eastern Island

A cloud of adult and juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) gliding over Eastern Island

One of the first black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season flies over North Beach

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at another booby flying too close

2014Wisdom and her egg (December). Photo credit: Greg Joder

Atlantic canaries (Serinus canaria) bathe in the Clipper House gutter. Midway is home to the only self-sustaining population of yellow canaries outside the Canary Islands, stemming from 11 individuals released in 1910 by cable company employees.

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits so long for its fledging chick to return for a meal that an ant climbs into the mouth of one of the fish it's holding

Three nests in one photo: white tern (Gygis alba), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), and red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

A wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick is barely visible under the rubble its nest has been built under

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A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) and great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) gliding over Eastern Island

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) and a brown noddy (Anous stolidus) share a dead branch on Eastern Island

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

Juvenile Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) swim in a seep on Eastern Island; in the background, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui has arrived to translocate some of these ducks to Kure Atoll as part of the species conservation plan

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits on North Beach under a moonbow (a rainbow formed by moonlight)

A mixed flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) and ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) flies over Eastern Island

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) exhibiting the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) flies over Naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bushes on North Beach at sunset

I watched this white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) settle into this tree cavity as though it was considering nesting there but couldn't confirm. The vertical white stripe in the top right is its tail

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) exhibits the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits alone in a field, long after most of the other chicks have fledged. It will likely not survive.

Wisdom incubating her egg (December 2014). Photo credit: Daniel W. Clark/USFWS

Wisdom incubating her egg (December 2014). Photo credit: Daniel W. Clark/USFWS

Wisdom incubating her egg (December 2014). Photo credit: Daniel W. Clark/USFWS

Wisdom's mate Akeakamai incubating their egg 2017

Wisdom incubating her egg, December 2018. Photo credit: Madalyn Riley/USFWS Volunteer

Wisdom incubating her egg, December 2018. Photo credit: Madalyn Riley/USFWS Volunteer

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