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The Numbers Game #20

Moving forward. Having second thoughts!

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 141. 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.

An Hawaii Amakihi in a Mamane tree.
A green anole on a Ti leaf.
A White-lined Sphinx Moth.
A bee working hard in a Mamane flower.
A Praying Mantis hoping the photographer gets lost.
A Katydid says hi.

How green are my valleys?

A view of the Valleys of Kohala Mountain in Hawaii
Valleys and waterfalls of Kohala Mountain.

This week’s Sunday Stills monthly challenge is ‘Green.’ See more responses here. Captions on photos.

A Green Anole on a green Ti leaf in Hawaii
A Green Anole on green Ti leaves.
A pueo flies over the pastures of North Kohala in Hawaii
A Pueo flies over the green pastures of North Kohala.
Tropical Foliage and shadows in Hawaii
Tropical foliage creates strong shadows…
Tropical Foliage and shadows in Hawaii
…that look like Venn Diagrams!
A view of Pololu Valley in Hawaii
A view up Pololu Valley in Kohala

The anole and the ant

A green anole on a ti plant in Hawaii

I was photographing this green anole on a ti leaf when an ant appeared on the scene. The anole gave it the ‘Is that a snack?’ look, but decided that maybe that wasn’t a good idea. Some ants are not good eating.

A green anole on a ti plant in Hawaii

The anole resumed keeping an eye on me, while the ant meandered around getting closer. At one point, the ant bumped into the anole’s foot and the anole flinched and yanked its foot away, as a person might do.

A green anole on a ti plant in Hawaii

Following that incident, the anole began a half-hearted sequence of displaying its dewlap to show that this was his territory, but it seemed more aimed at wishing I would go away rather than doing anything about it!

Feed me

A baby bird calling for food in Hawaii
A baby African Silverbill cries for food.
A Nutmeg Mannikin feeds on cane grass seeds in Hawaii
A Nutmeg Mannikin stuffing itself with cane grass seeds

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Feed the Birds.’ See more responses here.

I don’t feed the birds here, but they seem to have no trouble feeding themselves, with the notable exception of the one in the top photo. Here’s a selection.

A Hawaiian Stilt snags a meal in Hawaii
An Hawaiian Stilt prepares to eat a tasty morsel fished form the water.
A Hawaiian Amakihi feeds at a mamane flower in Hawaii
An Hawaiian Amakihi feeds at a Mamane flower.
A cattle egret catches an anole in Hawaii
A Cattle Egret snags an anole for lunch.
A Japanese White-eye feeds at a bougainvillea in Hawaii
A Japanese White-eye feeds on a bougainvillea flower.

Brown in Hawaii

A horse on the coast of Hawaii
A brown horse on the North Kohala coast.

This month’s Sunday Stills Color Challenge is ‘Brown.’ See more responses here.

I’ve gone for a selection of animals, mostly. Captions on the photos as usual.

Wild pigs in Hawaii
Brown and black wild pigs.
Cattle and a pig at Puuwaawaa in Hawaii
Cattle on the run, except that top one is really a pig!
Wild goats in Hawaii
Brown goats jogging across a brown landscape of dry grasses.
A brown anole in Hawaii
A brown anole, looking miffed.
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade at Kapaau, Hawaii
At the Kamehameha Day parade earlier this year. The photographer has to be a mom or other relative with that matching dress!
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade at Kapaau, Hawaii
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade earlier this year.

You gotta laugh

Breakfast strikes back
A green anole tries to eat a Chinese Rose Beetle, and loses. Original post here.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Comics or Funny Pages (aka silly or funny photos).’ See more responses here.

These are photos that I’ve run before, but quite a while ago. They still make me smile and I hope they do the same for you.

Tight squeeze! Original post here.
A green turtle is temporarily stranded on a rock.
Flipper flapper! Original post here.
If you say so. Original post here.
Whatcha lookin at. Original post here.

Geckos are endlessly entertaining.

A gecko looks out from a Pepsi machine
Change anyone? Original post here.
I don’t want any trouble. Original post here.
Should I or shouldn’t I? Full sequence here.

But they’re not the only ones.

A gray chub in the waters off the Big Island
Want to come along? We’re going fishing! Original post here.

A bevy of bridges

A bridge over an inlet on the coast in Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Bridges.’ See more responses here.

The top image is an elegant bridge on the coast, in the Hilton Resort at Waikoloa. It spans an inlet from the ocean into a lagoon. This bridge is part of the coast path, which is open for anyone to walk.

A bridge over a gulch in North Kohala, Hawaii
A bridge over a gulch in North Kohala, Hawaii
A bridge over a gulch in North Kohala, Hawaii

The Big Island’s main use of bridges is to span the numerous gullies that run from the mountains down to the ocean. On the east side, some of these bridges are quite long and high, with vertigo-inducing views over the edge. These three bridges cross gullies in North Kohala on the winding road from Kapaau to Pololu. The third has several houses nearby, so a walkway has been added. This is surely safer than walking on the road, though not by much judging from its appearance!

Two anoles meet on a wire in Hawaii
A green anole hangs onto a line.

Finally, bridges of a different kind. Anoles and geckos use lines, attached to the house, to get around. Sometimes these one-lane bridges lead to encounters with fellow travelers. In this case the smaller anole leapt off into the cane grass, but that was its intended destination anyway. In the second photo, this anole was using the washing line to bridge the space from the house to a hedge.