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 158. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Also, seven photos posted for Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses here.
A Nene at just the right spot in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.A Long-tailed Blue Butterfly.Sheep in pastureland off Old Saddle Road.Colorful lava on the Puna Coast Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.Playground equipment at Kamehameha Park in Kapaau.The swimming pool in Kapaau.
I was on my way to work yesterday, whizzing along only a smidge over the speed limit, when I noticed a familiar image out of the corner of my eye. ‘That’s a Pueo,’ I thought. It was standing on a rock alongside the highway. By the time the thought registered, I was past it, so I drove on a bit until I could turn around and head back.
Sure enough, on my return, the bird was standing in the same place. I stopped a little way beyond it, got out, and snapped the photo above. The Pueo started watching me the moment I got out of the car and, as I edged towards it, it took off and disappeared toward the ocean.
I crossed the road to the spot where it had been perched, then walked a bit farther to get a view down the gully it had disappeared into. I didn’t really expect to see it again, but then I spotted it, clamped to a tree branch, head swiveling 360° as it searched for breakfast. It spotted something, took off in pursuit, and glided from view behind some trees.
I see Pueos occasionally on this stretch of road, but always in flight, usually passing in front of my car at windshield level, which makes me cringe. This is the first time I’ve seen one perched here as this one was.
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 157. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Snow on Mauna Kea.You’re going to die!The old Kona Village buildings, now restored and open again.Nene and gosling.Bad sand: Raking bunkers at Hualalai.Good sand: A beach at Hualalai.
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 155. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Barbecue!Ruddy Turnstones.Early morning emergency vehicles responding to a brush fire.A grumpy cane toad.Surf’s up!A trail at Kalōpā State Recreation Area.
I saw this Northern Cardinal at Spencer Beach Park as it worked its way along a low wall and onto a picnic table. It looked like it had lost something important, but I suppose it was just checking out its territory to make sure no one else was trying to muscle in.
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 154. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A Northern Mockingbird getting ready to eat.A Praying Mantis consumes a wasp.A Gold Dust Day Gecko snags a moth.
Two Nenes establish the pecking order (Original post here).
Shrapnel found on the ground near where I work.A cruise ship docked at Hilo.Your choice of sunglasses.