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There’s something fishy going on here

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Spinner Dolphins in the waters off Hawaii
A pod of Spinner Dolphins swims by.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Groups.’ See more responses here. I’m going under the water for this. Captions on the photos.

A school of Hawaiian Silversides in the waters off Hawaii
A school of Hawaiian Silversides.
A school of Yellow Goatfishes in the waters off Hawaii
Yellowfin Goatfishes drift in tight groups as they rest during the day.
A school of Convict Tangs in the waters off Hawaii
A school of Convict Tangs spills over the edge of a ridge.
Crocodile Needlefishes in the waters off Hawaii
Crocodile Needlefishes cruise near the surface of the water.
Racoon Butterflyfishes in the waters off Hawaii
Raccoon Butterflyfishes hang in the water.
A group of fish hunting in the waters off Hawaii
Blue Goatfishes and Bluefin Tevallies often hunt with an octopus or, here, a Whitemouth Moray Eel.
A school of Yellow Tangs in the waters off Hawaii
Yellow Tangs feedings.

The Numbers Game #113

Telescopes in the Smithsonian Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea and what they’re thinking.

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

A Gold Dust Day Gecko in the coin return slot of a Pepsi machine in Hawaii
A Gold Dust Day Gecko checking things out from the coin return slot.
A Footstool Palm.
Ants feed around a blob of fallen jam
These ants quickly found a blob of dropped jam.
A Bluefin Trevally catches the light.
A praying mantis on a window in Hawaii
A praying mantis on glass.
A covered lanai in Hawaii
The covered lanai next door. The place has supposedly sold, but nothing has changed there yet.

The Numbers Game #107

Banana plants thrive in heavy tropical rain.
Bananas in the rain.

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

Purple anthurium
Purple Anthuriums.
Fishing camp with an uncooperative whale in the background.
Euconocephalus nasutus conehead.
A Scrawled Filefish in the waters off Hawaii
Suspicious Scrawled FIlefish.
Bluefin trevallies catch the light
Bluefin Trevallies.
A gargantuan blenny in nuptial colors
A Garganutan Blenny in nuptial colors.

The Numbers Game #105

A Painted Lady Butterfly feeds on a kiawe flower
A Painter Lady Butterfly feeding on a Kiawe flower.

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

Two donkeys in Hawaii
Two donkeys drying out after heavy rain.
Spinner Dolphins in the waters off Hawaii
Spinner Dolphins stop by.
Blue Goatfishes and other fish hunt fro prey in the waters off Hawaii
A variety of fishes in a hunting party.

The Numbers Game #97

A Goldring Surgeonfish and its shadow, or is it? It looks that way, but the shadow is a different fish!

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

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A juvenile Threadfin Jack, one of my favorite fish.
Raindrops on shiny metal.
A shoal of Yellow Tangs having breakfast.
HIghfin Chubs cruising just below the water surface.
A young mourning gecko hides under a tire.
A Mourning Gecko choosing a bad hiding place.
A bee in the flower of a Cannonball Tree.

The Numbers Game #92

A green anole hangs onto a line.
A green anole on a washing line.

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

A shoal of young bluefin trevallies roams the shallows.
Bluefin Trevallies.
A goat with strange horns.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Anthurium ‘Princess Alexia Jade.’
Philodendron Goeldii’s spiraling leaves.
A small praying mantis on an arm.
This little Praying Mantis landed on my arm, which is the closest I get to taking a selfie!

The Numbers Game #69

Clouds fill the saddle between Mauna Kea and Hualalai.

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

A wasp working on a nest.
King Kamehameha's statue in Kapaau, is draped in leis on Kamehameha Day.
King Kamehameha’s statue after it was draped with leis in remembrance of his birthday.
The beach at Kohanaiki Beach Park in Hawaii
A beach at Kohanaiki Beach Park.
A pair of Threadfin Jack juveniles swim in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii
A pair of juvenile Threadfin Jacks.
A Red Admiral butterfly.
The geothermal energy plant in Puna surrounded by lava after the 2018 eruption.

The Numbers Game #60

Two Hawaiian monk seals tussle in a tide pool.
A pair of Hawaiian Monk Seals at Upolu. One of my favorite monk seal photos.

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

A juvenile Threadfin Jack.
A Gargantuan Blenny rests on a patch of coral
A Gargantuan Blenny.
An adult Black-crowned Night Heron.
A Bristled-thighed curlew on the Big Island coast
A Bristle-thighed Curlew.
A flowery flounder swims off the Big Island of Hawaii.
A Flowery Flounder heading for cover.
The shadow of Mauna Kea stretches out above the clouds.
The shadow of Mauna Kea projected on the cloud cover. Another favorite!