Category Archives: Animals

The Numbers Game #79

An alien cloud over the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

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 200. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Hawaiian garden spider
Hawaiian Garden Spider
Tiny stick insect on a window screen.
A baby gecko on a computer screen
Tiny gecko on my computer screen!
Ohelo 'ai growing in the lava on the Big Island, Hawaii
Vaccinium reticulatum.
The sun shines behind clouds and a palm tree
A hallelujah moment.
A Scrawled Filefish catches the light just right.

The Numbers Game #78

Clouds make a blanket between the slopes of Mauna Kea and Maui.

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 199. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A stuffed toy left behind in North Kohala.
Boats heading out to fish.
A sailboat in white water off the Big Island, Hawaii
A sailboat runs before strong winds in the Alenuihaha Channel between the Big Island and Maui.
A Mourning Gecko in the daytime.
A fly on the edge of a leaf
A Green Bottle Fly on a leaf.
Long John Mantis, a one-eyed, five-legged praying mantis seen at Hapuna.

Monday portrait

A wild pig tackles a mango in Hawaii

The mango tree is dropping fruit, which means that the numerous wild pigs around here are stopping by on a regular basis to scarf them up. This is one of them, or is it? A tag in the ear usually indicates a domesticated animal, but this one was roaming with the other wild pigs. An escapee perhaps? Part of a scientific study?

But them I looked at the tag again, 004. Surely, this means the pig is a British secret agent, probably sent to check up on me and make sure I’m drinking enough tea and not bad-mouthing the king. Hopefully, he’s not yet licensed to kill, just to eat mangoes.

A wild pig tackles a mango in HawaiiA wild pig tackles a mango in Hawaii

The Numbers Game #77

Lunchtime for a pueo!

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 198. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth in Hawaii
A Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth.
A House Sparrow on a shiny-looking lanai.
A surfer rides a wave in Hawaii
Riding a wave.
Rosy-faced Lovebirds in Hawaii
Rosy-faced lovebirds.
A Green Hover Fly in Hawaii
A Green Hover Fly.
Sunrise over Hualalai.

The Numbers Game #76

A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron watches from a Kiawe tree.

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 197. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a Bougainvillea.
Gold Dust Day Geckos warm up in the morning sun.
A Northern Mockingbird snags a meal.
A Green Turtle swims by.
A cat in the grass.
Cement tanks at sunrise.