Tag Archives: Cattle

The Numbers Game #8

A cattle egret stands on a sleeping cow in Hawaii
A Cattle Egret stands on a resting cow. No, it’s not dead!

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 129. You can see more responses here.

A Mourning Gecko on a Bird of Pardise flower.
A gold dust day gecko licks moisture off a bird of paradise flower in Hawaii
A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a Bird of Pardise flower.
A black stink bug next to a black strap on a red shirt.
This stink bug landed on my shirt as I was trying to photograph it.
A dive boat anchored off the Kona Coast in Hawaii
A dive boat off the Kona Coast.
A pair of zebra doves resting on a branch
Two Zebra Doves enjoy the late afternoon sun.
A drop of water on a passion vine leaf in Hawaii
A drop of water on a Passion Vine leaf.
Sunset over Kohala
Sunset from the lanai.

Am I bothering you?

A cow with a bird perched on its back in Hawaii

On a recent walk at Upolu, the wind was very light, an unusual occurrence in that area. As I walked past the cattle pasture, I got a long stare from this one. But it turned out, irritating as I can be, the flies were a greater bother. The whole herd was engaged in some vigorous tail swishing to very little effect. Luckily the winds returned the next day and most of the flies were blown away.

A cow surrounded by flies in Hawaii
A cow surrounded by flies in Hawaii
A cow surrounded by flies in Hawaii

Cattle with a twist

A cow with twisted horns in Hawaii

On a recent walk I passed a couple of fields of cattle. In the first, I saw the one in the top photo. I noticed its horns going in different directions. But in the next field, I saw another one with a similar set of horns, with one important difference. My immediate thought was that these two should get together and swap horns and each would end up with a matching set!

A cow with twisted horns in Hawaii

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.