Category Archives: Animals

The Numbers Game #131

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A Manta Ray swims by, just below the surface of the water.

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

Purple Coral.
A Nutmeg Mannikin feeding on Cane Grass seeds.
A Mourning Gecko that recently lost its tail.
A super yacht at anchor off the Big Island, Hawaii
The Anawa, a Dutch built superyacht owned by a Brazilian billionaire.
Fishermen on the breakwater as tug and barge enter Kawaihae harbor, Hawaii
A tug enters Kawaihae Harbor.
A view of the coastline in North Kohala, Hawaii
A view on the North Kohala coast.

The bees are back

A Bee on a mock orange in Hawaii
A Bee on a mock orange in Hawaii

The Mock Orange next to the house is in full bloom and the bees have found it, though not in the numbers they used to. In the past, I would hear the bees before seeing them. Still, it’s always a pleasure to watch them industriously flitting from flower to flower, collecting pollen and nectar.

Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #130

An F-22 flies low over Kahalui Airport in Maui
An F-22 flies low over Kahalui Airport on 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 747. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A baby gecko on a stovetop
A baby gecko in a bad place.
A Coel. assamica orchid in Maui
A Coel. assamica orchid.
Looking down on a Cordyline.
A Passion Vine Butterfly caterpillar and fly in Hawaii
The caterpillar of a Passion Vine Butterfly and a passing fly.
Lesser Grass-Blue Butterflies in Hawaii
Lesser Grass-blue Butterflies.
A pueo flying over the lower slopes of Mauna Kea in Hawaii
A Pueo on the wing.

The Numbers Game #129

Rain sheets down in front of a Panax hedge.

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

Where chocolate ripple ice cream comes from!
A very old tractor.
A passion vine butterfly is marked by fading color and missing chunks of wing
A battered Passionvine Butterfly.
A gold dust day gecko rests on a deep pink heliconia flower.
A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a Pink Heliconia.
A chained salp floating in the waters off the Big Island, Hawaii
A Chained Salp.
These little fish were swimming in Kiholo Bay.
Little fish shimmer just below the surface at Kiholo.

Hawksbill Turtle

A Hawksbill turtle swims in the waters off Hawaii

I’ve seen this little turtle a couple of times recently and realized it wasn’t one of the usual Hawaiian Green Turtles seen around here. The pointed bill is clear from above, and the edge of the shell is jagged, not curvy. These are both clear indicators that this is a Hawksbill Turtle. I think I’ve only seen one in this area before, but perhaps this one will stick around.