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Day 11: A Hawaiian Monk Seal Named KHOO
A large male Hawaiian monk seal swims by patrolling the beach while we were standing on the Green Island pier.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA |
A sandy beach of Green Island at Kure Atoll that monk seals enjoy lounging on.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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Day 12: Legs of Steel: Bird Banding on Green Island
Dena Deck, mastering the skill of banding a Laysan Albatross.
Photo: Paulo Maurin
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Claire practices her technique of bird banding on Green Island.
Photo: Patricia Greene
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The Jerry Lee Lewis “hair-do” on a favorite Laysan Albatross. Photo: Paulo Maurin
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One of the many “hair-dos” of the Laysan Albatross chicks. We call this one the Abe Lincoln.
Photo: Paulo Maurin
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A Laysan Albatross fledgling practices how to take flight. Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA |
Day 15: March of the Albatross--In the Remotest Place on Earth, Love Finds a Way
A young and inquisitive Laysan Albatross chick.
Photo: Paulo Maurin
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A parent feeds a hungry albatross chick on Kure Atoll.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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Another day at the beach for a couple of Laysan Albatross. Photo: Paulo Maurin
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Plastic items found inside a dead albatross chick.
Photo: Paulo Maurin
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A Laysan Albatross contemplates a Kure sunset.
Photo: Paulo Maurin
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Day 15: Death of a Laysan Albatross Chick
Cynthia Vanderlip selects a newly dead Laysan Albatross to perform
a necropsy.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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Rinsing 306 pieces of plastic debris from the albatross chick.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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A recently expired Laysan Albatross chick with its belly full of plastic.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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Patty Greene sorts through the 306 pieces of plastic debris found in a Laysan Albatross chick on Green Island.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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Day
16:
Underwater Village
A small head of cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) acts as a coral condominium for fish like the Hawaiian domina damselfish pictured. Photo: Ellyn Tong
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Three juvenile amberjack (Seriola dumerili) taking up residence under the legs of a dead Laysan Albatross chick. Photo: Ellyn Tong
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Thick finger coral (Porites duerdeni) provides shelter for a wide variety of reef fish.
Photo: Claire Johnson/NOAA
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