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Two sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

One of the largest endangered pōpolo (Solanum nelsonii) plants on Sand Island: AFTER non-native plant removal

Extreme close-up of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) eye

Wisdom's mate Akeakamai with their newest chick. Photo credit: Bob Peyton/USFWS

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) peers through tall grass

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

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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Three juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) stands over a patch of nohu (Tribulus cistoides) on Eastern Island

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

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

A sailboat attempting to enter the closed waters of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is met by Refuge staff, who learn that the ship's water maker has broken. They were given fresh water so they could return home.

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

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rolls on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents

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

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

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A nesting area near the runway with a particularly high concentration of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes)

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

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

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

Three juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) sit in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush, panting to keep cool

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) swims in Midway's lagoon. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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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 juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

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

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An adult Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) wanders across Eastern Island, surrounded by sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus)

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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North Beach on Sand Island as seen from just outside the fringing feer

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Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

PMNM - Hawaiian Monk Seal - Midway Atoll

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

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A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) on the beach on Eastern Island

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

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at another booby flying too close

Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

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Extreme close-up of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) eye

A cloud of adult and juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) gliding over Eastern Island

A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) plus one Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) flies over Eastern Island

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

Close-up of a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

Short-tailed albatross decoys placed on Eastern Island by USFWS in an attempt to establish a breeding population of the species outside of Japan

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One of the largest endangered pōpolo (Solanum nelsonii) plants on Sand Island: BEFORE non-native plant removal non-native plant removal

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) bathes in Catchment as sand contaminated by lead paint is taken to the abatement area

Wisdom and newest chick 2018. Photo credit: L. Sullivan/USFWS

NMSAS - Rose Atoll Fish

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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

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

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

Eastern Island as seen from Spit Island

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

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Juvenile gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) in flight

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

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.

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) and a brown noddy (Anous stolidus) share a dead branch on Eastern Island

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) flies over Naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bushes on North Beach at sunset

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

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

Two unnamed seamounts located southwest of Midway Atoll

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

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

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

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits on North Beach under a moonbow (a rainbow formed by moonlight)

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.

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