862 Free Images of Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument

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Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) swimming at Brackish Seep

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield

landscape grass

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

Counting Intertidal Species

landscape water

The Hikianalia

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.

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, docked at Midway's cargo pier

Counting Yellowfoot and Blackfood ‘Opihi

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

Kūkini stretching

wildlife animals

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

The first Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) ever recorded on Midway Atoll—which I spotted!

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

Looking into the harbor from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims near the Cargo Pier

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

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) inspects a danger sign on an old building

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

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

architecture dark

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment

An elderly Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a highly worn leg band

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

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

The U.S. Coast Guard C-130 that flew me to Midway preparing to leave

aircraft airplane

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 green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

reptiles animals

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

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

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) mate on the beach

Portrait of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

Spectacular sunset over North Beach

landscape water

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

Close-up of a potential white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) nesting site

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) that came and sat right in the driveway of the USFWS office

A very large spectacular stalked sponge

insects medical

A view of the aft deck of the R/V Falkor.

A squid at 900 meters off Northeast Gardner Pinnacles

PMNM - Laysan Albatross 2016 Cleanup

Two Ulua, or giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) swim through Midway's fringing reef

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 white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

A rainbow hangs over the Midway aviary on the morning of the 2014 Laysan duck translocation to Kure Atoll

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 parked in front of the NAF Hangar

military aircraft

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 rainbow hangs over the Midway aviary on the morning of the 2014 Laysan duck translocation to Kure Atoll

landscape nature

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

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

Cross on the north side of Midway's harbor

landscape water

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

The airfield and water tanks on the southern shore of Sand Island, as seen from the water

landscape water

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

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