Friday, June 5, 2009

Back to Oahu



More mug shots



ya... it's nice on Midway



Cable houses

The old cable houses date back to the early 1900's when they laid a telegraph line across the Pacific...



Off to Midway

The chicks of Midway... a Laysan albatross chick..
An albino Laysan albatross... freaky
and a Black-footed albatross chick...

Saturday, May 30, 2009

The seabird menace

McKenzie barely escaped with her life. Great Frigatebirds are know for being thieves, they chase other birds (boobies, tropicbirds, shearwaters) and make them throw up their food. Pretty sneaky. They are awesome fliers.


This is a male displaying for females, he looks a little nervous to me. He must be hiding something.

Short-tailed Albatross

There was only one on Laysan and their number in total are right around 2000, maybe more. They have been recovering after being devastated by feather hunters on Torishima Island.