Blackside Hawkfishes, like others of its kin, are predators that hang out waiting for prey to pass by. I have often seen the waiting part, but never seen one go after anything.
Also, according to my fish book, ‘Hawkfishes live in haremic social groups consisting of a male and several females. When the male dies, the dominant female changes sex and takes his place.’ Which begs the question, when is Trump going to do something about these kinds of scandalous activities?
Another unusual orchid from the last Hilo Orchid show. This time it’s the color, though to me it looked on the purple end of blue. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 247. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A few days ago, I posted photos of a small Green Turtle I saw coming up for breaths before diving down to rest. Brian mentioned that it would be great to see the nose sticking out of the water too, and I responded that every time I tried for that shot it was either out of focus or there was no turtle to be seen!
On Saturday, I ran into what I think was the same turtle doing the same thing. This time I got a shot where the turtle’s head can actually be seen. Mind you, even when the turtle isn’t clear, the resulting photo can still be interesting.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Family, Friends and People.’ See more responses here.
I rarely take photos of people, but while I was waiting outside Costco I saw this woman walk by the tire center and snapped this quick image.
… Or just a moody sky over a gray ocean near Kawaihae.
I saw this small turtle, near the end of a swim, popping up to take a breath four or five times. Then it dove down and eventually disappeared under a rock shelf to rest. Green Turtles can hold their breath underwater for up to five hours when they’re resting.
Kohala Hospital has been around since 1917. The buildings look a little worn, but they did build a new emergency wing a few years back. Recently, I was there to have blood work done and, after I reached my destination, I realized I should have been following the blue line! All’s well that ends well. including the blood results.
Graham's Island 