908 Free Images of Marine Birds

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

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

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

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

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

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

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

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

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

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MINISTÈRE DE LA MARINE (Fictions & Voeux), G.4842(2), En 1865

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

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

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

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

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

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

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morning Haze

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great Gull Island, NY

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) 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

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

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

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) exhibits the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

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

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

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.

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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