Seabirds

 

HAWAII

Hawaii's three albatross species at Midway Atoll.

 

Blackfoot Albatross

Parent & Chick, Midway Atoll

Laysan Albatross

Parent & Chick, Midway Atoll

Pair, Midway Atoll

 

Chick in the road, Midway Atoll

 

Sky Pointing, Midway Atoll

Nesting adults, Midway Atoll

Albino, Sea Life Park, Oahu

 

In Flight, Midway Atoll

Shorttailed Albatross

Short-tailed Albatross, Midway

Midway Atoll

 

Great Frigate

Male Great Frigate, Midway

Midway Atoll

 

Midway Atoll

Male Great Frigate, Midway

Midway Atoll

Brown Booby

Wai'anae, Oahu

 

Wai'anae, Oahu

Wai'anae, Oahu

 

Diamond Head, Oahu

Diamond Head, Oahu

Diamond Head, Oahu

Masked Booby

 Red-footed Booby

Red-footed Booby, Midway

Midway Atoll

 Black Noddy

Lisianski Island, NWHI

Lisianski Island, NWHI

 

Brown Noddy

Midway Atoll

 Sooty Tern

Midway Atoll

 Gray-backed Tern

Gray-backed Tern, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll

 

White or Fairy Tern

White Tern & chick, Lisianski Island

Lisianski Island, NWHI

Wedge-tailed Shearwater 

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

 

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

 

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

 Bonin Petrel

Bonin Petrel, Midway

Midway Atoll

 Red-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird, Midway

Midway Atoll

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

 

SE Oahu

SE Oahu

Nests in crevices of coastal cliffs.  Bill is red.

 White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird & chick, Midway

Midway Atoll

Nests in crevices of inland cliffs.  Yellow bill.

 Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger, Mamala Bay, Oahu

Offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu

Ringbilled Gull

Rare winter visitor in Hawaii.  Common in North America.


NORTH AMERICA

Western Gull

Juvenile, Victoria, Canada

 

Juvenile, Victoria, Canada

Juveniles, Victoria, Canada

Shorebirds

Pacific Golden Plover

Winter Colors, Sandy Beach, Oahu

Winter Colors, Hanauma Bay, Oahu

 

Summer Colors, Hawaii Kai, Oahu

 

Summer Colors, Hawaii Kai, Oahu

 

Ruddy Turnstone

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

Sanderling

Huntington Beach, California

 

Wandering Tattler

Kapoho Point, Kailua, Oahu

 

Laysan Finch

Pearl & Hermes Reef, NWHI

 

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Water or Shore Birds

Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt

Sandy Beach, Oahu

 

Sandy Beach, Oahu

Sandy Beach, Oahu

 

Sandy Beach, Oahu

Hawaiian Coot

Hawaiian Moorhen

Terrestrial Birds

Java Sparrow

Sandy Beach, Oahu

 

 

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