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The Numbers Game #76

A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron watches from a Kiawe tree.

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

Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a Bougainvillea.

Looking back at 2024 – Part 2

A Great Frigatebird flies off the Kohala coast in Hawaii — July: A Great Frigatebird (here).

Sunday Stills challenge theme this week and last week is ‘Your 2024 Year-in-Review.’ See more responses here. As before, I’m going with a favorite photo from each month of 2024, with a caption and link to the post the photo first appeared in. Last week, I posted favorites from January through June (here). This week, it’s July through December.

Spotted Eagle Rays in the waters off Hawaii — August: A trio of Spotted Eagle Rays (here).

An attention getting pirate at Honokohau Harbor, Hawaii — September: Everyone’s favorite pirate (here).

Spinner dolphins in the waters off Hawaii — October: A trio of Spinner Dolphins (here).

A surfer off Keokea Beach Park, Hawaii — November: A surfer takes to the air (here).

A pink Bougainvillea grows in the lava on the South Kohala coast in Hawaii — December: Bougainvillea in the lava (here).

Bougainvillea in the lava

The Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway, along the Kohala coast, passes through dry, barren lava fields. But even there, some plants are able to get a foothold. There are several Bougainvillea bushes along the road, including this one that was in full bloom as I headed home one late afternoon.

The Numbers Game #12

A green turtle is temporarily stranded on a rock. — A turtle on the rocks. See more photos here.

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 133. Captions are on the photos.

You can see more responses here.

A Red-billed Leiothrix sings on a branch — A Red-billed-Leiothrix calls out.

A wild pig that has been eating fallen mangoes — A Red-billed-Leiothrix calls out.

The Tahitian voyaging canoe Fa‘afaite off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. — The Tahitian voyaging canoe Fa’afaite off Mahukona.

A surface lava flow on Napau trail. — The Tahitian voyaging canoe Fa’afaite off Mahukona.

Bougainvillea flowers in bloom — A Bougainvillea in a neighbor’s garden.

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 — An Hawaiian Amakihi feeds at a Mamane flower.

Yellow on purple

A Large orange sulphur butterfly on Bougainvillea flowers in Hawaii

A Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly feeds at a Bougainvillea flower. The flowers are small and white, but the bracts are much larger and colorful, and a major reason for the plant’s popularity.

A plethora of purple

This week’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge is ‘Purple.’ See more responses here.

I’d like to say I have some kind of theme going here, but I don’t, outside the color.

First up is a bee approaching a very purple bougainvillea.

In the gallery, we have a Fiery Skipper butterfly feeding on a Blue Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule) flower, a purple and white spider lily, and some dark purple Helmet Urchins clinging tenaciously to a rock.

A Fiery skipper butterfly feeds on a Blue Heliotrope flower in Hawaii

A Purple Ice Cream sign at Kapaau, Hawaii

Then there’s a sign advertising purple ice cream. Not sure what flavor that is, but I’m a bit wary.

And finally, a lush purple orchid.

Favorites from 2022

Surf crashes ashore on the North Kohala coast in Hawaii — January: High surf crashes ashore in North Kohala. (link)

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Your 2022 Year-in-Review.’ See more responses here. Like last year, I’ve gone with a favorite photo from each month of 2021, with a caption and link to the post the photo first appeared in.