Keep On Running

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A Hen with her chick in Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Babies.’ See more responses here.

This hen and chick caught my eye because other birds were trying to harass the chick and mom was having no truck with that. She was running this way and that seeing off the aggressors. Given that this was the only chick with her, chances are she’d already lost some from this brood, and was in no mood to take chances.

By the time I got my camera out, things had settled down. This was no doubt a relief to the chick as it had been struggling to keep up with all the running about!

Blackside Hawkfish

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A Blackside Hawkfish in the waters off Hawaii

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?

The Numbers Game #125

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Ferns curl overhead.

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 baby gecko in house blinds
A baby gecko in the blinds.
Light bulbs shining in a dark space
Light bulbs.
A sign on a tire inflation station in Hawaii
You got a tire, we got air!
A shop sign in Hawi, Hawaii
Woo-Woo Shop in Hawi.
Rainbow Chubs in the waters off Hawaii
Rainbow Chubs on the move.
Raindrops on ti leaves in Hawaii
Raindrops on Ti leaves.

Turtle breath, too

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A Green Turtle takes a breath in the waters off Hawaii

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.

A view above and below the waters off Hawaii