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The Numbers Game #118

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A small cruise ship sails off the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii at sunset
A small cruise ship sails off the coast of the Big Island at sunset.

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

A Pueo, or Hawaiian short-eared owl, sits on a post beside Old Saddle Road on the Big Island.
A Pueo on alert.
A pair of Hawiian Stilts at the Kaloko Fishpond at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
Hawaiian Stilts at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
A cackling goose on the Big Island
A Cackling Goose flying by at Upolu. They’re rarely seen in Hawaii.
A clump of Beechey bamboo on the Big Island of Hawaii
A stand of Beechey Bamboo.
Cows are rounded up for milking on one of the Big Island’s two remaining dairy farms.
Rounding up the cows for milking at the dairy at Upolu.
A roseate skimmer dragonfly at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
A Roseate Skimmer Dagonfly flits over a tide pool.

Cackling goose

A cackling goose on the Big IslandA cackling goose on the Big Island
A cackling goose is similar in appearance to a Canada goose, but much smaller and with a shorter beak. Both are rare visitors to Hawaii. This cackling goose was taking a drink of water from a puddle at Upolu airport until a couple of mynah birds started harassing it. Then it took off and headed east, into a strong wind.