Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA)
@friendsofmidway.bsky.social
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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Please visit www.friendsofmidway.org
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As seen in our live cam, the albatrosses are returning home to Kuiahelani (Midway Atoll). We can’t wait to see them dance with prospective mates, so we’re rewatching this video from Nov 2024, recorded by USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp.
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The Love Language of Mōlī (Laysan Albatross )
YouTube video by Friends of Midway Atoll NWR
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November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
As seen in our live cam, the albatrosses are returning home to Kuiahelani (Midway Atoll). We can’t wait to see them dance with prospective mates, so we’re rewatching this video from Nov 2024, recorded by USFWS biologist and volunteer Dan Rapp.
youtu.be/-oCSmUsXqXs
youtu.be/-oCSmUsXqXs
🚨𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!
We announce a 3-to-1 Match to fund our annual albatross census and drone research project for the rest of this year. A generous $50,000 grant from the Marisla Foundation initiates. See how you can help in comments. #Birds
We announce a 3-to-1 Match to fund our annual albatross census and drone research project for the rest of this year. A generous $50,000 grant from the Marisla Foundation initiates. See how you can help in comments. #Birds
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🚨𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!
We announce a 3-to-1 Match to fund our annual albatross census and drone research project for the rest of this year. A generous $50,000 grant from the Marisla Foundation initiates. See how you can help in comments. #Birds
We announce a 3-to-1 Match to fund our annual albatross census and drone research project for the rest of this year. A generous $50,000 grant from the Marisla Foundation initiates. See how you can help in comments. #Birds
Thanks to #HobOsterlund: “From the Good News Dept: First returning Moli spotted on Kauai….Photo is of actual bird, courtesy of #PacificRimConservation. Let the season begin!” #Birds
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thanks to #HobOsterlund: “From the Good News Dept: First returning Moli spotted on Kauai….Photo is of actual bird, courtesy of #PacificRimConservation. Let the season begin!” #Birds
Live From Midway!
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
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Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Experience Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) LIVE!
Welcome to Midway Atoll’s (Kuaihelani’s) live cam! This live cam is brought to you by the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (FOMA), which is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the e…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Live From Midway!
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Reposted by Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA)
Share your ideas and vision with the world – we hold several essay contests year-round, plus an annual #PhotoContest (Previous entries below)! These opportunities are made possible with the help of members and donors – #JoinToday. bit.ly/4gOOG5O
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Share your ideas and vision with the world – we hold several essay contests year-round, plus an annual #PhotoContest (Previous entries below)! These opportunities are made possible with the help of members and donors – #JoinToday. bit.ly/4gOOG5O
This 'A (masked booby) chick fledged last month from Eastern Island on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). These fearless seabirds dive deep to retrieve food and can fall prey to long line fishing hooks.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This 'A (masked booby) chick fledged last month from Eastern Island on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). These fearless seabirds dive deep to retrieve food and can fall prey to long line fishing hooks.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
Halloween Nunulu (Bonin petrels) moonlit skies on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): nowhere else on the planet has this many Nunulu flying in to nest. This is hormonal twilight in motion.
See more in comments.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
See more in comments.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Halloween Nunulu (Bonin petrels) moonlit skies on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll): nowhere else on the planet has this many Nunulu flying in to nest. This is hormonal twilight in motion.
See more in comments.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
See more in comments.
#Birds
#PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
Sunday in the land of 'A (booby birds) with Dan Rapp
Grateful for Dan’s time and joyful in the brown, masked & red-footed boobies on Midway Atoll.
These magnificent deep divers use their sharp bills to take fish at sea. We will feature them this week as we wait for the return of the albatross.
Grateful for Dan’s time and joyful in the brown, masked & red-footed boobies on Midway Atoll.
These magnificent deep divers use their sharp bills to take fish at sea. We will feature them this week as we wait for the return of the albatross.
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sunday in the land of 'A (booby birds) with Dan Rapp
Grateful for Dan’s time and joyful in the brown, masked & red-footed boobies on Midway Atoll.
These magnificent deep divers use their sharp bills to take fish at sea. We will feature them this week as we wait for the return of the albatross.
Grateful for Dan’s time and joyful in the brown, masked & red-footed boobies on Midway Atoll.
These magnificent deep divers use their sharp bills to take fish at sea. We will feature them this week as we wait for the return of the albatross.
Boosting petition: Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition
PETITION TO KEEP PAPAHĀNAUMOKUĀKEA OFF-LIMITS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
Aloha! This petition is powered by the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group, and Papahānaumokuākea Coalition. Mahalo for your support and sign-on. (Scroll to the bottom of this for...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Boosting petition: Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition
Last stop #pmdpHawaii ends the season at Midway.
“A whirlwind stop only for a few hours…to retrieve the 42,000 lbs of marine debris that our team had cleaned up….final total for this mission comes to 72,150 lbs….”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahānaumunokuākeaMarineDebrisProject
#Birds
“A whirlwind stop only for a few hours…to retrieve the 42,000 lbs of marine debris that our team had cleaned up….final total for this mission comes to 72,150 lbs….”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahānaumunokuākeaMarineDebrisProject
#Birds
October 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Last stop #pmdpHawaii ends the season at Midway.
“A whirlwind stop only for a few hours…to retrieve the 42,000 lbs of marine debris that our team had cleaned up….final total for this mission comes to 72,150 lbs….”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahānaumunokuākeaMarineDebrisProject
#Birds
“A whirlwind stop only for a few hours…to retrieve the 42,000 lbs of marine debris that our team had cleaned up….final total for this mission comes to 72,150 lbs….”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahānaumunokuākeaMarineDebrisProject
#Birds
#pmdphawaii update!
“Eclipsing 70,000 lbs of marine debris removed…this number included an 800 lb steel buoy that washed up just days before our arrival!
A big mahalo to Nick, Dwight, Jordan, and Kayla!
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
“Eclipsing 70,000 lbs of marine debris removed…this number included an 800 lb steel buoy that washed up just days before our arrival!
A big mahalo to Nick, Dwight, Jordan, and Kayla!
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#pmdphawaii update!
“Eclipsing 70,000 lbs of marine debris removed…this number included an 800 lb steel buoy that washed up just days before our arrival!
A big mahalo to Nick, Dwight, Jordan, and Kayla!
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
“Eclipsing 70,000 lbs of marine debris removed…this number included an 800 lb steel buoy that washed up just days before our arrival!
A big mahalo to Nick, Dwight, Jordan, and Kayla!
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
Verbesina is a highly invasive non-native plant that negatively affects the seabird colony. Midway’s program to eradicate invasive Verbesina encelioides from the atoll has been edging ever closer to success. See more in comments. #Birds
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Verbesina is a highly invasive non-native plant that negatively affects the seabird colony. Midway’s program to eradicate invasive Verbesina encelioides from the atoll has been edging ever closer to success. See more in comments. #Birds
Sunday with chicks in their first week of life on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) within #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
Eastern and Sand Island on Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge host the largest colony of breeding pairs of White Terns in the Hawaiian Islands. Photos by Dan Rapp #Birds
Eastern and Sand Island on Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge host the largest colony of breeding pairs of White Terns in the Hawaiian Islands. Photos by Dan Rapp #Birds
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sunday with chicks in their first week of life on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) within #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary
Eastern and Sand Island on Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge host the largest colony of breeding pairs of White Terns in the Hawaiian Islands. Photos by Dan Rapp #Birds
Eastern and Sand Island on Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge host the largest colony of breeding pairs of White Terns in the Hawaiian Islands. Photos by Dan Rapp #Birds
Your voice >million voices. Support mōlī (Laysan albatross) in Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary!
Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition say NO to any opening for industrial commercial fishing ops.
We deliver info, too; see comments!
#Birds
Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition say NO to any opening for industrial commercial fishing ops.
We deliver info, too; see comments!
#Birds
September 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Your voice >million voices. Support mōlī (Laysan albatross) in Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary!
Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition say NO to any opening for industrial commercial fishing ops.
We deliver info, too; see comments!
#Birds
Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group & Papahānaumokuākea Coalition say NO to any opening for industrial commercial fishing ops.
We deliver info, too; see comments!
#Birds
Cleaning seeps is one of the not-so-glamorous volunteer jobs. Yet the work is important.
Seeps are ponds on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) that are usually man-made to help prevent botulism and keep the endangered Koloa Pōhakas (Laysan ducks) safe.
Learn more about seeps, find a video link in comments
Seeps are ponds on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) that are usually man-made to help prevent botulism and keep the endangered Koloa Pōhakas (Laysan ducks) safe.
Learn more about seeps, find a video link in comments
September 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Cleaning seeps is one of the not-so-glamorous volunteer jobs. Yet the work is important.
Seeps are ponds on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) that are usually man-made to help prevent botulism and keep the endangered Koloa Pōhakas (Laysan ducks) safe.
Learn more about seeps, find a video link in comments
Seeps are ponds on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) that are usually man-made to help prevent botulism and keep the endangered Koloa Pōhakas (Laysan ducks) safe.
Learn more about seeps, find a video link in comments
Thank you #pmdphawaii!
#PapahanaumokuakeaMarineDebrisProject
reminds us “…it’s hard to visualize the impact of nets on coral….Today we removed another 5,250 lbs and we are quickly nearing the 20,000 lb mark.”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahanaumokuakeaMarineDebrisProject
reminds us “…it’s hard to visualize the impact of nets on coral….Today we removed another 5,250 lbs and we are quickly nearing the 20,000 lb mark.”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Thank you #pmdphawaii!
#PapahanaumokuakeaMarineDebrisProject
reminds us “…it’s hard to visualize the impact of nets on coral….Today we removed another 5,250 lbs and we are quickly nearing the 20,000 lb mark.”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
#PapahanaumokuakeaMarineDebrisProject
reminds us “…it’s hard to visualize the impact of nets on coral….Today we removed another 5,250 lbs and we are quickly nearing the 20,000 lb mark.”
📸 by @sullivanhaskins
Diversity of native plants helps support #Birds & wildlife by restoring habitat through propagation/outplanting of native plants, a component of USFWS volunteer/ staff efforts on the atoll.
Mahalo to volunteers who do a great job every year getting their hands dirty. Want to help? See comments.
Mahalo to volunteers who do a great job every year getting their hands dirty. Want to help? See comments.
September 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Diversity of native plants helps support #Birds & wildlife by restoring habitat through propagation/outplanting of native plants, a component of USFWS volunteer/ staff efforts on the atoll.
Mahalo to volunteers who do a great job every year getting their hands dirty. Want to help? See comments.
Mahalo to volunteers who do a great job every year getting their hands dirty. Want to help? See comments.
ʻEkupuʻu on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Enjoy the very distinct song of this Laysan Finch now residing on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Read about their fascinating journey back to their former home at: friendsofmidway.org/%ca%bbekupu-... Video by Dan Rapp
#Birds
Enjoy the very distinct song of this Laysan Finch now residing on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Read about their fascinating journey back to their former home at: friendsofmidway.org/%ca%bbekupu-... Video by Dan Rapp
#Birds
September 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ʻEkupuʻu on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Enjoy the very distinct song of this Laysan Finch now residing on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Read about their fascinating journey back to their former home at: friendsofmidway.org/%ca%bbekupu-... Video by Dan Rapp
#Birds
Enjoy the very distinct song of this Laysan Finch now residing on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Read about their fascinating journey back to their former home at: friendsofmidway.org/%ca%bbekupu-... Video by Dan Rapp
#Birds
This ʻĀ (masked booby) on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) might offer us a few tips on how to be silent, yet very keenly observant.
Photo by
USFWS/Dan Rapp
Photo by
USFWS/Dan Rapp
September 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This ʻĀ (masked booby) on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) might offer us a few tips on how to be silent, yet very keenly observant.
Photo by
USFWS/Dan Rapp
Photo by
USFWS/Dan Rapp
Wespac Meeting in progress. Lifting commercial fishing bans within #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary is their intention. Public comments will be delivered around 3:00 p.m. Hawai'i Time today, September 16, 2025. => New! Google Meet at: meet.google.com/bsm-kuba-xuq
#Birds
#RefugeStrong
#Birds
#RefugeStrong
September 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Wespac Meeting in progress. Lifting commercial fishing bans within #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary is their intention. Public comments will be delivered around 3:00 p.m. Hawai'i Time today, September 16, 2025. => New! Google Meet at: meet.google.com/bsm-kuba-xuq
#Birds
#RefugeStrong
#Birds
#RefugeStrong
Wildlife needs you!
#Birds
#PapahsnaumokuekeaMarineNationalMonument
#RefugeStrong
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#Birds
#PapahsnaumokuekeaMarineNationalMonument
#RefugeStrong
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Advocacy
Volunteer bird counters transit Eastern Island at daybreak Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Dec. 2024 Photo by: Dan Rapp The Threat Fall 2025 The Friends of Midway Atoll just received updated guidance fro…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Read and Act
#PapahānaumokuākeaNativeHawaiianCulturalWorkingGroup and #PapahanaumokuakeaCoalition work to halt a potential threat to wildlife on Midway and beyond throughout the #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
See comments for where to get info
#PapahānaumokuākeaNativeHawaiianCulturalWorkingGroup and #PapahanaumokuakeaCoalition work to halt a potential threat to wildlife on Midway and beyond throughout the #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
See comments for where to get info
September 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Read and Act
#PapahānaumokuākeaNativeHawaiianCulturalWorkingGroup and #PapahanaumokuakeaCoalition work to halt a potential threat to wildlife on Midway and beyond throughout the #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
See comments for where to get info
#PapahānaumokuākeaNativeHawaiianCulturalWorkingGroup and #PapahanaumokuakeaCoalition work to halt a potential threat to wildlife on Midway and beyond throughout the #PapahānaumokuākeaNationalMarineSanctuary.
See comments for where to get info
The Bird Is The Word
#Birds
and less than a month away. Look for a #FriendsofMidwayAtoll banner and meet us in Hilo.
#Birds
and less than a month away. Look for a #FriendsofMidwayAtoll banner and meet us in Hilo.
September 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Bird Is The Word
#Birds
and less than a month away. Look for a #FriendsofMidwayAtoll banner and meet us in Hilo.
#Birds
and less than a month away. Look for a #FriendsofMidwayAtoll banner and meet us in Hilo.