Researcher Sarah Youngren takes measurements on a Tristram's storm-petrel chick on Tern Island in Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. March 2012
Tristram's storm petrels are found throughout Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. One of the largest colonies exists on Nihoa. These well-protected islands and atolls constitute the most important breeding areas for this species left on earth.
This little chicken was part of a breeding monitoring programme, one of the first for this species. You can really see his tubenose. A few days later the little guy fledged