Category Archives: Animals

The Numbers Game #115

A Japanese White-eye feeds on a Japanese Aloe in Hawaii
A Japanese White-eye feeds at a Japanese Aloe flower.

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

A bee flies to a Japanese Aloe flower
A bee approaches a Japanese Aloe flower.
A Nene goose with a bend in its neck in Hawaii
A Nene wondering if I’m a chiropractor!
A Hawaiian beet webworm moth (spoladea recurvalis) in Hawaii
Hawaiian beet webworm moth (spoladea recurvalis).
A view from the air of Kohala By The Sea in Hawaii
A view of Kohala By The Sea.
A canopy of ferns in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Looking down on the fern canopy on the way to Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A hen with her chicks
A hen with a bevy of chicks near Honokohau Harbor.

The Numbers Game #114

A Black-crowned night heron on a mooring cleat in Hawaii
A Black-crowned Night Heron on a mooring cleat in Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii

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

Wasps building a nest
Wasps building a nest.
Lava from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent pours into the ocean.
Lava from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent pours into the ocean.
Plumbago auriculata is a fairly common shrub most notable for its stunning blue flowers.
Plumbago auriculata flowers.
A great frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby.
A Great Frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby.
V-22 Osprey aircraft at Upolu Airport.
A katydid in Hawaii
A Katydid up close.

Killer

A feral cat at Mahukona Beach Park, Hawaii

This is the resident cat at Mahukona Beach Park. The rock he’s standing beside has a natural bowl at the top and people fill it with water for the birds. I call the cat Killer because, when he sees a bird go for a drink, he races out, stations himself at the base of it, and then leaps up trying to snag a victim.

A couple of mornings ago, I saw him leap from this spot and miss his quarry, but sometimes he’s successful. Feathers in the bowl attest to that. The birds here are not native species, so he’s not contributing to their decline, though that’s not the case elsewhere on the island.

The Numbers Game #113

Telescopes in the Smithsonian Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea and what they’re thinking.

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

A Gold Dust Day Gecko in the coin return slot of a Pepsi machine in Hawaii
A Gold Dust Day Gecko checking things out from the coin return slot.
A Footstool Palm.
Ants feed around a blob of fallen jam
These ants quickly found a blob of dropped jam.
A Bluefin Trevally catches the light.
A praying mantis on a window in Hawaii
A praying mantis on glass.
A covered lanai in Hawaii
The covered lanai next door. The place has supposedly sold, but nothing has changed there yet.