23 Free Photos of Hawaiian Petrel

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Hawaiian petrel chick being checked by a biologist. Photo credit: George Wallace/American Bird Conservancy

Getting ready to weigh a Hawaiian petrel chick. Photo credit: George Wallace/American Bird Conservancy

Bonin Petrel, Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals.

Researcher Sarah Youngren takes measurements on a Tristram's storm-petrel chick on Tern Island in Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.Papahanau

Endangered Hawaiian Petrels, or ʻUaʻu, are one of two seabird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and are found nowhere else on Earth. They have declined dramatically due to predation by introduce

Hawaiian Petrel chicks imprint on their birth colony the first time they emerge from their burrows and see the night sky and will return to breed at the same colony as adults. Since chicks were remove

Tristam's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma tristrami at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

After a Hawiian petrel chick was placed in its new home, the lid was placed on their burrow. Photo credit: Ann Bell/USFWS

Before the chicks were placed in their new burrows, they were weighed and measured by biologists.

Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca), Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals.

Tristram's storm petrels are found throughout Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. One of the largest colonies exists on Nihoa. These well-protected islands and atolls constitute the most impo

The chicks were carefully removed by hand, placed into pet carriers and hiked up to the tops of peaks where the helicopters picked them up.

The chicks were carefully removed by hand, placed into pet carriers and hiked up to the tops of peaks where the helicopters picked them up.

The chicks were carefully removed by hand, placed into pet carriers and hiked up to the tops of peaks where the helicopters picked them up.

The chicks were carefully removed by hand, placed into pet carriers and hiked up to the tops of peaks where the helicopters picked them up.

After being dropped by helicopter on to the mountain, the translocation teams headed for nest burrows that had been monitored throughout the breeding season. Each burrow contained a large, healthy chi

The effort is a collaboration between American Bird Conservancy, Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pacific Rim Conservation, State of Hawaiʻi Departmen

The chicks were carefully removed by hand, placed into pet carriers and hiked up to the tops of peaks where the helicopters picked them up.

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

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

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

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

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