Category Archives: Birds

What’s all the flap about?

Another of the roosters at Mahukona.

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 bee approaches a Japanese Aloe flower.

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 — A view of Kohala By The Sea.

Northern Mockingbird

The sort of portrait photo this Northern Mockingbird might use if it was to run for office in these troubled times.

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.

Lava from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent pours into the ocean. — Wasps building a nest.

A great frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby. — A Great Frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby.

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.

Fine and dandy

One of the roosters that now live at Mahukona Beach Park. There never used to be any, but the numbers have been creeping up this past year and I think are in double figures now. It’s certainly louder down there than it was!

The Numbers Game #112

A juvenile black-crowned night heron in flight. — A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over 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 234. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Riding in a bus in Hawaii — A bee burrows into a Mamane flower

Red-masked parakeets at Kohanaiki Beach Park. — Red-masked parakeets.

The Numbers Game #110

A bee forages through the blooms of a mock orange. — A bee on a Mock Orange 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 232. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A green turtle is illuminated while swimming in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii. — A Green Turtle swims near the surface of the ocean.

The section of Crater Rim Drive that fell in to Halemaumau Crater at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park — A Green Turtle swims near the surface of the ocean.

The entrance to Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park — Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

A wild turkey off Saddle Road, Hawaii — Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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