A banner year for the short-tailed albatrosses on Kuaihelani! One of the rarest of birds world-wide, a makalena (short-tailed albatross) chick was reared this past year on Sand Island near the …Continue Reading about A banner year for the short-tailed albatrosses on Kuaihelani!
It’s World Albatross Day! Kuaihelani (Midway) is home to the world’s largest colony of Albatross. Three species of Albatrosses reside on Kuaihelani: the …Continue Reading about It’s World Albatross Day!
Wayne Sentman recalls the November 1999 “mating dance” and the work accomplished to attract endangered albatross to Midway. In November of 1999 as a young biologist, I watched as the late Emeritus Board Member Rob Shallenberger, acting Refuge Manager on …Continue Reading about Wayne Sentman recalls the November 1999 “mating dance” and the work accomplished to attract endangered albatross to Midway.
Tribute to Volunteer Shirley Doell Midway Atoll’s volunteer community lost a beloved and valued member on March 26 with the passing of Shirley Doell …Continue Reading about Tribute to Volunteer Shirley Doell