Category Archives: Birds

The Numbers Game #28

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

A Scrawled Filefish swimming in the waters off Hawaii — Scrawled Filefish.

A Flowery Flounder swimming in the waters off Hawaii — Scrawled Filefish.

The Pride of America anchored off Kailua Kona.

The Numbers Game #27

An F-22 Raptor flies by at Kahului Airport, 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 148. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A spinner dolphin doing what it’s named for.

A manta ray swims in the waters off Mauna Kea Resort, Hawaii — This Manta Ray is quietly confident it can spin and glide with the best of them!

Common Waxbill

A Common Waxbill keeps a sharp eye open from a skinny tree branch.

Canary in a grass field

A Yellow-fronted Canary on a grass stalk in Hawaii

A Yellow-fronted Canary snacks on seeds in a field of tall grasses.

The Numbers Game #24

The lava lake in Halema’uma’u Crater in April 2018. Two weeks later the lake had dropped 1,000 feet. Yesterday, Kilauea erupted again, but for just 12 hours before it was declared paused!

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

Mushrooms make a shady rest area for bugs!

The Numbers Game #23

A Giant African Land Snail on the move in Hawaii — A Giant African Land Snail moves forward with purpose, if not speed.

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

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Move Forward, Reconstruct, Renew, and/or are Burgeoning. See more responses here.

A Hawaiian Monk Seal and pup at Kekaha Kai Beach Park, Hawaii — A monk seal and her pup at feeding time.

A Japan Airlines plane taxiing at Kailua Kona, Hawaii — A monk seal and her pup at feeding time.

Soon be leaving home

A Juvenile Saffron Finch looks out from its nest in Hawaii

I saw this juvenile Saffron Finch looking out from its nest under a roof. It will not be too long before it makes the great leap forward and hopes those wings really work. In the meantime, it was suitably suspicious of the odd-looking creature watching it.

Posted for Becky’s Squares: Move Forward, Reconstruct, Renew, and/or are Burgeoning. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #21

Sunken roads at South Point Hawaii — Sometimes, the way to move forward is unclear, as when navigating these roads at South Point.

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