black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes, attacks a neighboring chick to discourage it from begging from this bird or its mate

---

black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes, attacks a neighboring chick to discourage it from begging when the bird or its mate arrive with food for their own chick; Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA ( North Pacific Ocean )

---

Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Midway Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ..., albatross, albatross-blackfoot-5, american, archipelago, assault, atoll, attack, attacking, bird, black-footed, breeding, central, chick, colony, discipline, doug, fluffy, hatchling, hawaii, hawaiian, island, islands, marine, midway, monument, national, nigripes, northwest, nwhi, ocean, pacific, papahanaumokuakea, perrine, phoebastria, punishing, refuge, sand, sea, seabird, states, united, usa, water, wildlife, young, youngster