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A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) perches in an ironwood tree

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick begs for food

Looking northwest, towards the water tower, from south of the USFWS office

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

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Look at the feet on this white tern (Gygis alba) chick!

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Portrait of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

The U.S. Coast Guard C-130 that flew me to Midway preparing to leave

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

Spectacular sunset over North Beach

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) calls at sunset

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

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

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

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Looking into the harbor from the north side of the harbor entrance

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A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) mate on the beach

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

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

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) that came and sat right in the driveway of the USFWS office

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A juvenile red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Passenger waiting area and Naval Air Facility sign, left over from the Clipper era

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) hanging out at the end of the runway

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) perched in an ironwood tree pants to keep cool

Close-up of a black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

Plastic marine debris washed up on North Beach

landscape sunny

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

Very unusual colors in the clouds over Midway's lagoon

Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, intermingles with organic material that has washed up on Midway

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, intermingles with organic material that has washed up on Midway

Japanese airfield on Mili Atoll under attack by US Navy carrier planes in November 1943

historical history

Red Pencil Urchin at Kure Atoll

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

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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 red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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

Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming in Midway's lagoon

underwater ocean

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

underwater fish

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

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

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

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

Cross on the north side of Midway's harbor

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Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Close-up of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) returns to its nest and waiting chick

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

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

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

military aircraft

Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming in Midway's lagoon

underwater ocean

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

A sea cucumber... ahem... "making sand"

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) stands in the sun

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A sleepy adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

A red slate pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) on Midway's fringing reef

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

A shoe and a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree

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

underwater fish

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

Sitting in a rather dangerous spot, this juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) probably won't fledge

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

wildlife reptiles

An elderly Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a highly worn leg band

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) preens its back

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Close-up of a potential white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) nesting site

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

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A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) inspects a danger sign on an old building

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

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

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