
A Black-crowned Night Heron looking to do a bit of fishing one early morning.

A Black-crowned Night Heron looking to do a bit of fishing one early morning.

I saw this Spotted Eagle Ray last weekend and it might be the biggest one I’ve ever seen. The head was huge. Compare it with a photo I posted last month (below) of a juvenile Eagle Ray.


The sun about to crest the side of Hualalai Volcano.

There were a wide variety of orchid enthusiasts at the Hilo Orchid Show!

The Hawaiian alphabet consists of 13 letters and K is one of only eight consonants. This means there are a lot of words and a lot of flower names beginning with K, so it’s not so dreaded here for that!
Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.





This hen at Mahukona looked remarkably clean and bright for a stray.

This old porthole hangs on a wall at Mohala’s Bayfront Fish & Chips restaurant in Hilo, but you can still see outside through it!

This Flowery Flounder set down to hide, though it had a little trouble blending in with the ridges in the sand.