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

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria sp. - virtually all Laysan Albatross.

Southeast, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5668

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Bristle-thighed Curlew

Numenius tahitiensis

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4460

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens - female.

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4465

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens - female.

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4466

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens - male.

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4470

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Black Noddy

Anous minutus - on nest.

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4474

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Northern Pintail

Anas acuta - another bird likely blown off course.

Northwest, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#4489

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Evening

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5672

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Naupaka

Scaevola sericea - detail photo.

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5680

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Sunset

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5683

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Sunset

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5703

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Sunset

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#5722

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Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Cargo Pier, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Widllife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#4506

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastris immutabilis - head detail.

Southeast, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#5763

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Beach Morning Glory

Ipomoea pres-capre

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#5768

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Fire Hydrant, etc.

Formerly a dump, now a place of rusty remnants.

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#5773

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Tubeworms

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#5774

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Bristle-thighed Curlew

Numenius tahitiensis

Rusty Bucket, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#4569

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Lovegrass

Eragrostis variabilis - restored grass area to provide nesting for Albatross, Shearwaters, Petrels and more.

Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-25#5777

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Brown Booby

Sula luecogaster

Inner Harbor, Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, March 25, 2012

2012-03-26#4817

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Eastern Island Map

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Reserve, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#0081

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Sand Island Map

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Reserve, March 24, 2012

2012-03-24#0082

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