799 Free Photos of Marine Birds

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

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

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

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

Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season

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)

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

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

Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Morning Haze

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

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

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

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

Great Gull Island, NY

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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