Various kinds of surgeonfish and wrasse often join shoals of yellow tang (which are also surgeonfish). These are orangeband surgeonfish. Up close, the orange band looks like the bold application of a thick layer of paint.
In my attempts to identify what I see in the water, I use John P. Hoover’s book The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. His website is hawaiisfishes.com.
I found this green anole making its way along a washing line.
From the look of this raccoon butterflyfish, it’s probably thinking, ‘What is this creature and why is it stalking me?’
In my attempts to identify what I see in the water, I use John P. Hoover’s book The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. His website is hawaiisfishes.com.
A bee forages through the blooms of a mock orange.
A tour helicopter passes a rainbow on the way to view the active lava flow from Kilauea Volcano’s Pu’u O’o vent.
Walking down a local road one day, I noticed this goat eyeing me through a stand of trees.
This old boat has a good view of the nearby ocean, even if it didn’t quite get there.
