A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth photo
almost 3 years
A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick photo
almost 3 years
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach, next to a friendly crab photo
almost 3 years
A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall photo
almost 3 years
A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick photo
almost 3 years
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hauls up on the appropriately named Turtle Beach photo
almost 3 years
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 photo
almost 3 years
Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season photo
almost 3 years
A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight photo
almost 3 years
A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out photo
almost 3 years
A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment photo
almost 3 years
A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents photo
almost 3 years
A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits on North Beach under a moonbow (a rainbow formed by moonlight) photo
almost 3 years
Looking east along the harbor seawall photo
almost 3 years
A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef photo
almost 3 years
A white tern (Gygis alba) chick sits on a pile of concrete rubble photo
almost 3 years
Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef photo
almost 3 years
Naupaka (Scaevola sericea) and the remnants of a pier on West Beach photo
almost 3 years
A white tern (Gygis alba) distracts my subject, a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) photo
almost 3 years
A bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swims through Midway's fringing reef photo
almost 3 years
A wedge-tailed shearwater nests in the entryway to an old pillbox photo
almost 3 years
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims in Midway's lagoon photo
almost 3 years
A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet. photo
almost 3 years
A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) parent with its chick photo
almost 3 years
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. photo
almost 3 years
A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment for a quick drink photo
almost 3 years
A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield photo
almost 3 years
A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree photo
almost 3 years
A moonbow (rainbow formed by moonlight) over Officers' Row photo
almost 3 years
A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield photo
almost 3 years
Looking into the eye of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) photo
almost 3 years
Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island photo
almost 3 years
A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard" photo
almost 3 years
A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight photo
almost 3 years
A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island photo
almost 3 years
An albatross carcass bursts with plastic photo
almost 3 years
The ocean view in pretty much any direction photo
almost 3 years
A patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) photo
almost 3 years
The sun rises over Midway's harbor photo
almost 3 years
A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) in flight photo
almost 3 years