501 Free Photos of Northwest Hawaiian Island

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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

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaches in Midway's lagoon

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 juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) landing on its perch

A small sampling of the marine debris collection I amassed during the four months I spent on Midway

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

The Midway aviary, used as a temporary holding place for Laysan ducks captured for translocation as part of the USFWS Species Recovery Plan

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway National Memorial/Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument sign by the cargo pier

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

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #1)

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

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

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Two juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) observe a sailboat attempting to enter the Refuge

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

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)

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

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

A school of yellow-striped goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron) swims through Midway's fringing reef

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

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

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

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

A sailboat attempts to enter the closed waters of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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

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

White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) against a blue sky

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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.

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

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach, next to a friendly crab

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 takes off from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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

Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #2)

Naupaka (Scaevola sericea) and the remnants of a pier on West Beach

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

Looking west towards historic buildings on Midway Atoll: torpedo shop with parachute tower, machine shop, carpentry shop, storage buildings, and the transportation building

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A bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

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

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) swims in Midway's lagoon

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits in a dead branch

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

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

An ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

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

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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.

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

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims in Midway's lagoon

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

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

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

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A safety vehicle approaches United Airlines Flight 201 after the pilot made an emergency landing on Midway due to an electrical fire

NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) pokes its head just above the gentle waves in Midway's shallow lagoon

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

Looking north, toward the Finger Piers, from the north side of the harbor entrance

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Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, washes up on Midway's south shore

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

The sun sets over the western part of North Beach

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Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

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

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

A fish feeds on Midway's cargo pier

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

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

An Ulua, or giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) swims along Midway's fringing reef

NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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

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

The 350 passengers of United Airlines Flight 201 stream towards the plane to retrieve their luggage after making an emergency landing on Midway due to an electrical fire

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on North Beach, beside Midway's beautiful lagoon

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

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

Three nests in one photo: white tern (Gygis alba), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), and red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

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) 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)

NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach, next to a friendly crab

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui departs Midway with 28 juvenile Laysan ducks that are being translocated to Kure Atoll as part of the USFWS Species Recovery Plan

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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.

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

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