Midway Atoll NWR, 2012-03 with Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis - leucistic (lacking normal black pigments) juvenile.

Fuel Farm, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4489

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Fuel Farm, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4503

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis - adult feeding a chick.

Charlie Barracks, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4528

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Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster - only specimen of this specie seen on the trip.

South Beach, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#2970

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Black-footed Albatross

Phoebastria nigripes - pair greeting each other.

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4554

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4582

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis - head detail.

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4586

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Laysan Albatross chick

Phoebastria immutabilis - so similar to the Black-footed Albatross chicks that an attendant parent was needed to make the id.

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 20, 2012

2012-03-20#4604

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Laysan-Black-footed Albatross hybrid

Phoebastria immutabilis x nigripes

Memorial Area, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 21, 2012

2012-03-21#4606

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WWII Communications Headquarters

Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 21, 2012

2012-03-21#4618

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