Tag Archives: Boobies

No fear of flying

A pair of Nenes fly low in Hawaii
A pair of Nenes swoop low over the ground.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Flight.’ See more responses here. I finally winnowed a raft of options down to just the birds. Captions on the photos as usual.

A pair of Brown Boobies fly over the ocean in Hawaii
A pair of Brown Boobies glide over the ocean.
A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over calm water in Hawaii
A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over a bay.
A pair of Hawaiian Noddy's fly over the surf in Hawaii
Hawaiian Noddies navigate high surf.
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) takes off in Hawaii
A Pueo takes off…
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) flies in Hawaii
…flies over a hillside…
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) lands on a wire in Hawaii
…and sticks the landing. Different birds, but you get the idea!

The Numbers Game #10

Green darner dragonflies mating at Kiholo on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Green darner dragonflies mating.
Coconut palms line the beach north of the park at Kiholo on the Big Island.
Palm trees line the beach.

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 131.

You can see more responses here.

A Brown Booby skims the ocean.
two Hawaiian sea turtles look like an impressionist painting as they swim underwater
Green turtles in Kiholo lagoon.
The entrance to Emesine Lava Tube on the Powerline Trail off Saddle Road.
The entrance to the Emesine lava tube.
A gold dust day gecko with a forked tail.
Snake the gecko!
One of the ocean-side campsites at Kiholo Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii
A campsite at Kiholo campground.