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Big Bird Life on a Small Atoll
Walking out the front door of the volunteer wildlife biologist house on Midway Atoll NWR is like stepping into an alternate universe. Whereas most places where I’ve lived and worked, humans and all...
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What is Midway Atoll NWR exactly…?
Welcome to Midway Atoll, a cultural heritage, historical memorial, and biological wonder. I’m starting to realize that the word “unique” is quickly becoming obsolete in trying to describe the...
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A Day in the Life... of a Midway Atoll Wildlife Biology Volunteer
Midway Atoll NWR Refuge Manager Dan Clark conducts a "seep" check out at Eastern Island with wildlife biology volunteer, Greg Joder. Lots of Laysan Ducks to see here! Heading out of the volunteer...
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63 and Counting… Wisdom is Back!
As the breeding season unfolds on Midway Atoll NWR, hundreds of thousands of Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) flock from the sea to the small sandy atoll to raise their young. Among the...
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A Quick Update from the Land of the Gooney Birds
A Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) momentarily stands up to stretch during the long incubation period of its precious single egg. Out here at Midway Atoll, the breeding season for albatross...
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Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air, and deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves, the echo of a distant tide, comes willowing across the sand, and everything is...
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Changing Seasons
There's a change in the air out at Midway Atoll NWR. The winds have started to pick up, bringing down cool breezes from the north, and -- with the wind-- the once calm, turquoise waters now churn...
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Growing up
Only a few weeks ago, Midway Atoll NWR was filled with a carpet of black-and-white Laysan Albatross quietly and patiently incubating. Now, the checkerboard scene of adult albatross has been replaced...
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Spring, Life, Awakening
On Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, change is ever-present. However, to those of us who are fortunate to live (and have lived for some time now) among the species that define this place, these...
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Reflections on Midway Atoll NWR: A Message of Hope
A messenger of hope: the Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis). Photo credit: Wieteke Holthuijzen/USFWS Turning in my bed, I close my eyes and try to bring peace and calm to my mind. It is quiet here and the...
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First (Second) Impressions
As I double checked my two bags in the morning, one overstuffed (yet weighing in at exactly 50 pounds) duffel bag and backpack filled strategically with books, camera equipment, binoculars, and other...
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Shifting Gears, Shifting Seasons
The first albatross of the new breeding season on Midway Atoll NWR! Spotted on October 19, 2016, this beautiful Ka'upu / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is just a hint of what is to...
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E Komo Mai: Welcome to Kuaihelani, the Backbone of the Heavens
Haven’t heard of Midway before? Located more than 1,500 northwest of Honolulu, this tiny atoll is literally in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, halfway between the west coast of the United States and...
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Mele Kalikimaka A Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou – From Pihemanu!
Looking outside my window on Christmas Day, it looks like any other wintry day on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR): hundreds of thousands of albatross for as far as the eye can see (both...
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The Next Wave... Pihemanu Prepares to Welcome the Future
A pipped egg–this Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) chick is starting to hatch! Photo credit: Victoria Taylor / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Kupu. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge...
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Lessons Learned in Conservation on Midway Atoll NWR... and A Hui Hou to One...
Working in the field of conservation, habitat restoration, and ecology, the questions of “What do you do exactly?” and “Why?” tend to crop up consistently. Why hike for miles and miles in the wind and...
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Restoration in a Novel Environment
Located at the far end of the extensive Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of the most remote atolls in the world—more than 1,500 miles north-west from...
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E Komo Mai: Welcome to Kuaihelani, the Backbone of the Heavens
Haven’t heard of Midway before? Located more than 1,500 northwest of Honolulu, this tiny atoll is literally in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, halfway between the west coast of the United States and...
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Mele Kalikimaka A Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou – From Pihemanu!
Looking outside my window on Christmas Day, it looks like any other wintry day on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR): hundreds of thousands of albatross for as far as the eye can see (both...
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The Next Wave... Pihemanu Prepares to Welcome the Future
A pipped egg–this Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) chick is starting to hatch! Photo credit: Victoria Taylor / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Kupu. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge...
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