Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes).

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis).

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) nesting ground.

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) nesting ground and chick.

Albatross chick.

Albatross chick.

Albatross chicks.

Albatross chick, monk seals and Japanese glass fishing floats.

Nesting masked booby with chick.

Booby chicks.

Birds of a feather flock together. Two boobies posing for family photograph.

Young booby.

Nesting red-tailed tropic birds.

Sea bird chick residing near unhatched egg.

Marine birds, birds, birds filling the sky.

Beautiful unidentified birds.

Young booby displays spirit to intruding human. Perhaps looking for food.

Unattended egg.

Booby and chick.

Booby and chick on offshore Hawaiian Island cliffside.

Boobies purched on the NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL.

Booby flying about Gardner Pinnacles.

Albatross chicks.

Multiple tropical marine bird species using available remains of trees for perching.

Puffin.

Small penguins.

Small heron.

Brown pelican perched on a piling.

Brown pelican in flight.

Brown pelican perched on a piling.

Brown pelican perched on a piling.

A tern hovering above photographer's head.

Tern in flight.

Now, now, children, act nicely towards each other. Agressive gull chases off a less intrepid gull.

Sea gull.

Egret.

White heron looking for dinner.

Pelicans perched on pilings.

Pelican perched on piling.

A Brown Pelican cruises close for a look at the photographer.

A laughing gull rides the wind over the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Gull perched on tip of growler.

Gulls riding bergy bits.

No gull has an ice island unto itself.

Gulls taking it easy but getting cold feet on bergy bit.

Look closely and see gulls in flight and nesting gulls on the rock ledges.

Look closely and see nesting gulls on the rock ledges.

Gulls just above the tide line.

Murres nesting in center, gulls to right.

Nesting seagulls.