Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA)
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We are the 501(c)3 supporting Midway Atoll (Kuaihelani) National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway National Memorial, of the Northwest Hawaiian Archipelago (Papahanaumakuakea).
Please visit www.friendsofmidway.org
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📌 Welcome to the Birds! 🦉 feed - photography, science, news, art, & more welcome!
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November 20, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Mele Kalikimaka! 🎄Some old postcards never sent from Midway to Honolulu on the flight out before Christmas, dated ~1960, discovered on eBay.
Look familiar? Do you recall the artist?
From FOMA, thanks for your love, dedication, and generous support of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) this year. #Birds
Look familiar? Do you recall the artist?
From FOMA, thanks for your love, dedication, and generous support of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) this year. #Birds
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Mele Kalikimaka! 🎄Some old postcards never sent from Midway to Honolulu on the flight out before Christmas, dated ~1960, discovered on eBay.
Look familiar? Do you recall the artist?
From FOMA, thanks for your love, dedication, and generous support of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) this year. #Birds
Look familiar? Do you recall the artist?
From FOMA, thanks for your love, dedication, and generous support of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) this year. #Birds
Midway Atoll’s newest six-month volunteer crew
Gianna Arcuri, Ayla Liss, Katie Hearther, & Sophie Elliott (Volunteer Lead Molly Henling) spend long days in the field checking nests & banding birds (Photos USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp).
Donors make this possible; see comments. #Birds
Gianna Arcuri, Ayla Liss, Katie Hearther, & Sophie Elliott (Volunteer Lead Molly Henling) spend long days in the field checking nests & banding birds (Photos USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp).
Donors make this possible; see comments. #Birds
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Midway Atoll’s newest six-month volunteer crew
Gianna Arcuri, Ayla Liss, Katie Hearther, & Sophie Elliott (Volunteer Lead Molly Henling) spend long days in the field checking nests & banding birds (Photos USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp).
Donors make this possible; see comments. #Birds
Gianna Arcuri, Ayla Liss, Katie Hearther, & Sophie Elliott (Volunteer Lead Molly Henling) spend long days in the field checking nests & banding birds (Photos USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp).
Donors make this possible; see comments. #Birds
Slow down & experience Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) through the eyes of a volunteer.
Greg Joder worked the census in December 2024. Before departing, Greg filmed a quiet, 30-minute bicycle ride across Sand Island, including a stop at the Battle of Midway Memorial.
See link & more in comments.
Greg Joder worked the census in December 2024. Before departing, Greg filmed a quiet, 30-minute bicycle ride across Sand Island, including a stop at the Battle of Midway Memorial.
See link & more in comments.
December 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Slow down & experience Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) through the eyes of a volunteer.
Greg Joder worked the census in December 2024. Before departing, Greg filmed a quiet, 30-minute bicycle ride across Sand Island, including a stop at the Battle of Midway Memorial.
See link & more in comments.
Greg Joder worked the census in December 2024. Before departing, Greg filmed a quiet, 30-minute bicycle ride across Sand Island, including a stop at the Battle of Midway Memorial.
See link & more in comments.
Aloha kakahiaka from Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) 7:36 am. Our new live camera this morning captured the laying of an egg. See comments. #Birds
Cam only possible because of donors. Donations matched 1:1 up to $10,000 through Dec. 31—we’re halfway to our goal.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Cam only possible because of donors. Donations matched 1:1 up to $10,000 through Dec. 31—we’re halfway to our goal.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Aloha kakahiaka from Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) 7:36 am. Our new live camera this morning captured the laying of an egg. See comments. #Birds
Cam only possible because of donors. Donations matched 1:1 up to $10,000 through Dec. 31—we’re halfway to our goal.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Cam only possible because of donors. Donations matched 1:1 up to $10,000 through Dec. 31—we’re halfway to our goal.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Advocacy Update!
WESPAC Seeks Expanded Access To Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary.
Commercial fishing options & their recommendations were presented to the council at the 205th WESPAC Meeting. See link to Honolulu Civil Beat article in comments.
WESPAC Seeks Expanded Access To Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary.
Commercial fishing options & their recommendations were presented to the council at the 205th WESPAC Meeting. See link to Honolulu Civil Beat article in comments.
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Advocacy Update!
WESPAC Seeks Expanded Access To Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary.
Commercial fishing options & their recommendations were presented to the council at the 205th WESPAC Meeting. See link to Honolulu Civil Beat article in comments.
WESPAC Seeks Expanded Access To Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Sanctuary.
Commercial fishing options & their recommendations were presented to the council at the 205th WESPAC Meeting. See link to Honolulu Civil Beat article in comments.
Wisdom’s legacy continues: Her 2011 chick N333 observed incubating own egg on Dec 6. #Birds
USFWS/FOMA ace Dan Rapp shows N333 nesting—possible through decades of banding & monitoring;
full history in comments.
Help sustain conservation & research.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
USFWS/FOMA ace Dan Rapp shows N333 nesting—possible through decades of banding & monitoring;
full history in comments.
Help sustain conservation & research.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wisdom’s legacy continues: Her 2011 chick N333 observed incubating own egg on Dec 6. #Birds
USFWS/FOMA ace Dan Rapp shows N333 nesting—possible through decades of banding & monitoring;
full history in comments.
Help sustain conservation & research.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
USFWS/FOMA ace Dan Rapp shows N333 nesting—possible through decades of banding & monitoring;
full history in comments.
Help sustain conservation & research.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Makalena family reunion on Midway Atoll! #Birds
George and Geraldine—Makalena (Short-tailed albatross)— are back at their Sand Island nesting site. Near them is their returning 2019 fledgling. Photos courtesy of USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Jon Plissner.
Learn more in comments.
George and Geraldine—Makalena (Short-tailed albatross)— are back at their Sand Island nesting site. Near them is their returning 2019 fledgling. Photos courtesy of USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Jon Plissner.
Learn more in comments.
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Makalena family reunion on Midway Atoll! #Birds
George and Geraldine—Makalena (Short-tailed albatross)— are back at their Sand Island nesting site. Near them is their returning 2019 fledgling. Photos courtesy of USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Jon Plissner.
Learn more in comments.
George and Geraldine—Makalena (Short-tailed albatross)— are back at their Sand Island nesting site. Near them is their returning 2019 fledgling. Photos courtesy of USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Jon Plissner.
Learn more in comments.
Forbes article on Wisdom — including an interview with Midway’s Jon Plissner, USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist.
A great spotlight both on both Wisdom’s remarkable return and on the science behind protecting her species.
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#Birds
A great spotlight both on both Wisdom’s remarkable return and on the science behind protecting her species.
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#Birds
She’s Back! Wisdom the Incredible Laysan albatross Has Returned
The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Forbes article on Wisdom — including an interview with Midway’s Jon Plissner, USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist.
A great spotlight both on both Wisdom’s remarkable return and on the science behind protecting her species.
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#Birds
A great spotlight both on both Wisdom’s remarkable return and on the science behind protecting her species.
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#Birds
🌿 Now Recruiting: 2026 Volunteers crew members for the biological program on Midway Atoll from March 10 to mid-September 2026 (start date is nonnegotiable).
Learn more in comments.
Tag someone who’d be perfect for this extraordinary opportunity!
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#MidwayAtoll #Kuaihelani #Birds
Learn more in comments.
Tag someone who’d be perfect for this extraordinary opportunity!
______
#MidwayAtoll #Kuaihelani #Birds
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🌿 Now Recruiting: 2026 Volunteers crew members for the biological program on Midway Atoll from March 10 to mid-September 2026 (start date is nonnegotiable).
Learn more in comments.
Tag someone who’d be perfect for this extraordinary opportunity!
______
#MidwayAtoll #Kuaihelani #Birds
Learn more in comments.
Tag someone who’d be perfect for this extraordinary opportunity!
______
#MidwayAtoll #Kuaihelani #Birds
Order by tomorrow to receive by Christmas FOMA gear artwork from 2025 Art Contest—water bottles, tote bags, mugs, beanies, more!
Every purchase supports conservation on Kuaihelani.
Standard or Express shipping (Home & Living, accessories, and apparel)
Shop here: fomastore.printful.me
Every purchase supports conservation on Kuaihelani.
Standard or Express shipping (Home & Living, accessories, and apparel)
Shop here: fomastore.printful.me
Friends of Midway Atoll Store
fomastore.printful.me
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Order by tomorrow to receive by Christmas FOMA gear artwork from 2025 Art Contest—water bottles, tote bags, mugs, beanies, more!
Every purchase supports conservation on Kuaihelani.
Standard or Express shipping (Home & Living, accessories, and apparel)
Shop here: fomastore.printful.me
Every purchase supports conservation on Kuaihelani.
Standard or Express shipping (Home & Living, accessories, and apparel)
Shop here: fomastore.printful.me
Colonel John Miniclier U.S. Marine Corps passed away May 2025 at age 103. He will be buried with military honors at Arlington Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
Remembered today as he was stationed on Midway when it was shelled on December 7, 1941 and he also fought in the Battle of Midway June 4-6, 1942.
Remembered today as he was stationed on Midway when it was shelled on December 7, 1941 and he also fought in the Battle of Midway June 4-6, 1942.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Colonel John Miniclier U.S. Marine Corps passed away May 2025 at age 103. He will be buried with military honors at Arlington Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
Remembered today as he was stationed on Midway when it was shelled on December 7, 1941 and he also fought in the Battle of Midway June 4-6, 1942.
Remembered today as he was stationed on Midway when it was shelled on December 7, 1941 and he also fought in the Battle of Midway June 4-6, 1942.
The attack on Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today reached Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Japanese destroyers shelled the atoll (to keep PBYs from taking off), killing 1st Lt. George H. Cannon & damaging several structures—an early point on the road to the Battle of Midway.
youtube.com/watch?v=hblj...
youtube.com/watch?v=hblj...
An Infamous Day: the 82st Anniversary of the Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Midway Atoll
YouTube video by Friends of Midway Atoll NWR
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December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The attack on Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today reached Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Japanese destroyers shelled the atoll (to keep PBYs from taking off), killing 1st Lt. George H. Cannon & damaging several structures—an early point on the road to the Battle of Midway.
youtube.com/watch?v=hblj...
youtube.com/watch?v=hblj...
Hear voices of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll)! It’s more than a stunning wildlife refuge—it’s part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, one of the world’s largest protected areas.
Learn much more in comments. And you can double your impact today:
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Learn much more in comments. And you can double your impact today:
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Voices of Papahanaumokuakea
YouTube video by OHAHawaii
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hear voices of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll)! It’s more than a stunning wildlife refuge—it’s part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, one of the world’s largest protected areas.
Learn much more in comments. And you can double your impact today:
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Learn much more in comments. And you can double your impact today:
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
Giving Tuesday 2x impact. See how in comments. #Birds
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Voyage of Wisdom
YouTube video by Hōkūleʻa Crew
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Giving Tuesday 2x impact. See how in comments. #Birds
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Synchronized nest building on Kuaihelani.
Photos courtesy FWS Ecological Services
Biologist Sheldon Plentovich. She’s on Midway currently, working on the Laysan finch relocation project.
#Birds
Photos courtesy FWS Ecological Services
Biologist Sheldon Plentovich. She’s on Midway currently, working on the Laysan finch relocation project.
#Birds
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Synchronized nest building on Kuaihelani.
Photos courtesy FWS Ecological Services
Biologist Sheldon Plentovich. She’s on Midway currently, working on the Laysan finch relocation project.
#Birds
Photos courtesy FWS Ecological Services
Biologist Sheldon Plentovich. She’s on Midway currently, working on the Laysan finch relocation project.
#Birds
New FOMA merch! Designs feature artwork from the 2025 FOMA Art Contest, highlighting what Midway Atoll means to artists across the community (FOMA logos excluded).
All proceeds directly support conservation work on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
fomastore.printful.me
#Birds
All proceeds directly support conservation work on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
fomastore.printful.me
#Birds
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New FOMA merch! Designs feature artwork from the 2025 FOMA Art Contest, highlighting what Midway Atoll means to artists across the community (FOMA logos excluded).
All proceeds directly support conservation work on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
fomastore.printful.me
#Birds
All proceeds directly support conservation work on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
fomastore.printful.me
#Birds
Wisdom’s mate joins
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🛩️ Drones + Science = A Leap Forward for Albatross Conservation on Midway
This season we continue to use a new friend in our annual albatross census on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): drones assisting our dedicated bird counters. See comments & link below. #Birds
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/drones-bird-count
This season we continue to use a new friend in our annual albatross census on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): drones assisting our dedicated bird counters. See comments & link below. #Birds
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/drones-bird-count
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🛩️ Drones + Science = A Leap Forward for Albatross Conservation on Midway
This season we continue to use a new friend in our annual albatross census on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): drones assisting our dedicated bird counters. See comments & link below. #Birds
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/drones-bird-count
This season we continue to use a new friend in our annual albatross census on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): drones assisting our dedicated bird counters. See comments & link below. #Birds
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/drones-bird-count
💛𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐎𝐔.💛
On November 7, we launched a 3-to-1 Match. And met it!
See how in comments.
From all of us at Friends of Midway Atoll: 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨
#Birds
On November 7, we launched a 3-to-1 Match. And met it!
See how in comments.
From all of us at Friends of Midway Atoll: 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨
#Birds
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
💛𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐎𝐔.💛
On November 7, we launched a 3-to-1 Match. And met it!
See how in comments.
From all of us at Friends of Midway Atoll: 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨
#Birds
On November 7, we launched a 3-to-1 Match. And met it!
See how in comments.
From all of us at Friends of Midway Atoll: 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨
#Birds
ʻUaʻu Kani chick!
Thanks USFWS volunteer and biologist Dan Rapp for a close up view of a younger ʻUaʻu Kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater). See more in comments about how this chick got here!
#Birds
Thanks USFWS volunteer and biologist Dan Rapp for a close up view of a younger ʻUaʻu Kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater). See more in comments about how this chick got here!
#Birds
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
ʻUaʻu Kani chick!
Thanks USFWS volunteer and biologist Dan Rapp for a close up view of a younger ʻUaʻu Kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater). See more in comments about how this chick got here!
#Birds
Thanks USFWS volunteer and biologist Dan Rapp for a close up view of a younger ʻUaʻu Kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater). See more in comments about how this chick got here!
#Birds
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Our cam once showed nearly empty landscape; now thousands of Mōlī (Laysan albatross) returnfor breeding season with black-footed albatross (ka’upu) in the mix.
Over 1 million more albatross will soon arrive at the world’s largest albatross colony.
🎥 Watch it LIVE!
Over 1 million more albatross will soon arrive at the world’s largest albatross colony.
🎥 Watch it LIVE!
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Our cam once showed nearly empty landscape; now thousands of Mōlī (Laysan albatross) returnfor breeding season with black-footed albatross (ka’upu) in the mix.
Over 1 million more albatross will soon arrive at the world’s largest albatross colony.
🎥 Watch it LIVE!
Over 1 million more albatross will soon arrive at the world’s largest albatross colony.
🎥 Watch it LIVE!