Midway boasts the world's largest breeding populations of both Laysan and black-footed albatrosses (482,909 and 28,581 nesting pairs, respectively, in 2011). Petrels, terns, boobies, frigates-nearly 3 million individuals representing 21 species-gather here annually to raise chicks at one of the country's most important seabird colonies. Remote and difficult for humans to reach, Midway is a seabird haven, and I was there during peak breeding season. I was on Eastern Island, one of three isles comprising the 1,498 emergent acres and surrounding coral reefs that make up the refuge, which lies within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. March 9: It was my second day at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, 1,260 miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. Soon after her return home, Toops filed the following exclusive report: on March 10 at Midway, which lies across the International Dateline. North Carolina-based photojournalist Connie Toops was working on Midway Atoll in March when the powerful tsunami resulting from Japan's magnitude-9 earthquake rolled into the region. Conservation: Seabird Rescue on Midway AtollĪrriving in time to see this spring's tsunami devastate a critical seabird sanctuary, a photojournalist helps biologists save the birds and writes an eyewitness account of her experience
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