331 Free Photos of Birds Of Midway Atoll

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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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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