Pete at Midway

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Last Post From Midway

I got so busy packing and squaring things away that I didn't even realize I didn't do a post last week, so this week I've got a...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

C-130

It was another cool, windy week. At least the albatross chicks aren't getting overheated yet. A Coast Guard C-130 came in for a day t...

Sunday, March 9, 2014

News

I've got some news for you. We've got a new deputy manager. Bret Wolfe came out on the last flight. He was previously the marine...

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Canaries

The albatross chicks are mostly on their own now. There are a few parents still incubating the chicks, but most are out getting food to br...

Sunday, February 23, 2014

New Manager

I forgot to mention something a few weeks ago, since the news happened the night that I left for Honolulu. We have a new manager at Midway...

Monday, February 17, 2014

Eastern Island Birds

There wasn't a lot going on last week so I'll make small talk about the weather. Once again it's been pretty chilly for Midway...

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About Me

Pete Leary: After high school I went into the Navy doing nuclear power stuff on a submarine. After 6 years, I left the Navy then got my biology degree from Montana State Univ. I then worked for the USDA doing human nutrition research for 8 years. I also got my Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of North Dakota. While doing that I worked for Mr. Ellie Pooh selling elephant dung paper (google it) to help the Sri Lanka elephants. After that, I did the only logical thing with my MS and moved to Cleveland, OH and got a job in security at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It was great, for a while, but I found a 1 year temporary job at Midway Atoll with the US Fish & Wildlife Service. I loved it so much that I moved to an even smaller island with only 4-15 people (Tern Island). After being the Asst Manager, then the Manager, I got the chance to go back to Midway as the Wildlife Biologist for a few more years. Just so you know, I didn't write this as an employee, I just commented about my days here and put up some photos, so these aren't the views of the FWS. I still do ocean work for the FWS, but I do it from the Headquarters office in the Washington D.C. area.

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