Albatross fledgelings.

Black-footed albatross.

Booby with chick.

Frigate bird in shrubs.

Laysan albatross.

A noddy, like most birds here, is unafraid of humans.

Albatross.

A booby.

A frigate bird up close.

A frigate bird up close.

Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis).

A Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans).

A tropic bird chick.

A ruddy turnstone, a migratory bird which migrates between Alaska and Hawaii.

A ruddy turnstone, a migratory bird which migrates between Alaska and Hawaii.

A booby and noddies use floating nets and debris from fishing operations as perch.

A red-footed booby.

An albatross colony on Kure.

An albatross fledgling on Kure.

An abandoned albatross egg.

Brown booby.

Brown boobies.

Brown booby.

Brown booby.

Brown noddy.

Brown booby.

Frigate birds and boobies.

Brown booby.

Brown noddy.

Brown noddy.

Closeup of a frigate bird.

Frigate birds and boobies.

Brown booby.

Brown boobies on marine debris.

Brown noddy.

Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Although these birds look superficially like seagulls, they are more closely related to petrels. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/.

Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Although these birds look superficially like seagulls, they are more closely related to petrels. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/.

An ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea). See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/.

An ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea). See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/.

Atlantic marine bird.

Atlantic marine bird.

Atlantic marine bird.

Booby.

Booby chick.

Red-footed booby.

Booby.

Numerous boobies perched on the nearest equivalent to a tree within a thousand miles or so.

Booby chick that has nearly outgrown the nest.

Boobies and brown noddies making use of the pier.

Fairy terns riding the wind.