Favorite photos from the early days

My first decent pueo photo taken on Old Saddle Road. I noticed it on the post as I drove by, then stopped, got out, and started taking photos. The bird watched me with that intent stare that they have. (Original post here.)

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Oldie-but-Goodie or Favorite Photo.’ (See more responses here.)
This seemed like a good opportunity to run a few of my favorite photos from the first year of this blog.

Hawaiian monk seals are solitary creatures, but these two spent some weeks in each others company. On the left is the female and on the right is IO5, the male I see most often up here in Kohala. (Original post here.)
A rusty millipede casts a giant shadow.
I saw this rusty millipede crossing a dirt road in the late afternoon and liked its giant shadow. This photo ran on the BBC website here. (Original post here.)
A new born calf is cleaned by his mother.
A cow cleaning her very new calf. Another photo that ran on the BBC website here. (Original post here.)
A pair of zebra doves perch on a mock orange branch
A couple of zebra doves enjoying the late afternoon sun together. (Original post here.)
Breakfast strikes back
A personal favorite, this green anole snagged a Chinese rose beetle, but the beetle did not give up. Instead, it got itself onto the anole’s nose before escaping. The anole did not look thrilled at having this incident photographed. (Original post here.)
Finally, a photo from a hike along the coast. Colorful tide pools, blue ocean, white sand – I spent a long time traversing this stretch. (Original post here.)

16 thoughts on “Favorite photos from the early days”

    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Yes, it’s also known as the Hawaiiian short-eared owl. The nice thing about them is that they’re active during the day so I get to see them quite often.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Thanks. That’s a personal favorite. Just the way the beetle is posed on the nose and the anole’s expression. I saw it at the time and it still makes me smile.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Thanks for the theme. It gave me the excuse to go back through my early posts and have another look at some of the photos I really liked. I used to submit photos to the BBC and The Guardian on a fairly regular basis, but haven’t done so for a while now. Don’t have the time for it anymore.

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