It’s a hard life being a tree on the coast here, but this one has done what it takes to survive, getting creative with its roots.
Posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Kind.’ See more responses here.
Kinda twisted
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All kinds of backyard birds
A gray francolin contemplates a mango. 
A male northern cardinal looking quizzical. 
This Japanese white-eye chick was one of two the ended up on the lawn when their nest fell out of a mango tree. 
The spot in the hedge where Hoppy the rooster slept before his disappearance. 
A pair of saffron finch juveniles forage in the grass. 
Red-billed leiothrixes sweep through in flocks and are more often heard than seen. 
A nutmeg mannikin feeds on cane grass seeds. 
A yellow-billed cardinal keeps a wary eye out. 
Two zebra doves looking slightly affronted, possibly at having their picture taken.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Backyard Birding.’ See more responses here. Also posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Kind.’ See more responses here.
Almost all the birds I see in the backyard are fairly common, but no less interesting for that.
Abstracts: A kind of rain
An irrigation machine sprays water into the air like a series of passing rain showers.
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Several of a kind
I tried counting these Heller’s barracudas, but kept losing count. There are at least 20 and this is a typical view of them. They hunt at night, but during the day they rest, while cruising in close groups such as this one.
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Waipi’o horses
These are the same kind of trees surrounded by the same kind of ground cover and occupied by two of the same kind of horses. But, taken together, they make a one of a kind image that many people on the island would very quickly recognize as Waipi’o Valley.
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View of Mauna Kea
There are 13 telescopes atop Mauna Kea, but while they’re all one of a kind in that regard, they vary in how they make observations. Some collect visual light, some infrared. Others are used for radio astronomy. I’d go in to more detail about this, but the science is as far over my head as the telescopes are in this photo!
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A kind of trail
It’s often easy to see cracks in a lava field because there are endemic ‘ae ferns (Polypodium pellucidum) growing in them and they make a distinct green line through the mostly gray lava.
Posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Kind.’ See more responses here.
Outrigger canoes in the channel
On my walk the other day, I saw an outrigger canoe heading west just off the North Kohala coast. The sea wasn’t too rough, but I was surprised to see it because it was a long way from the place it probably launched to the first place it could safely be taken out.
A few minutes later I saw two other canoes, and they kept coming. Over a span of about 15 minutes, at least a dozen of the same kind of outrigger canoe hove into view. Some were brightly colored, such as the one in the top photo, but they all looked very small when seen from a distance.
The one bring up the rear, at least as far as I could tell, was all white and it made me think that if the sea got rougher and the canoeist got into trouble, his boat would be awfully hard to spot in a sea of whitecaps.
Posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Kind.’ See more responses here.
Graham's Island 