The largest of their family, these butterflyfish can be ‘as large as dinner plates’ according to my fish book. This one was probably a little over half that length.
Lined Butterflyfish
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Hornworm Tachinid Fly
The Hornworm Tachinid Fly is considered a beneficial insect because it lays its eggs on caterpillars, which can decimate many varieties of plants. However, that also means it’s an enemy of Monarch Butterflies, which I don’t approve of, because it will do the same to their caterpillars.
What’s all the flap about?
Another of the roosters at Mahukona.
Suspicion
Recently, I’ve seen these two donkeys in a small field alongside the road over Kohala Mountain. The last time I went by I remembered to stop and take photos. The donkeys were not impressed.
Northern Mockingbird
The sort of portrait photo this Northern Mockingbird might use if it was to run for office in these troubled times.
Killer
This is the resident cat at Mahukona Beach Park. The rock he’s standing beside has a natural bowl at the top and people fill it with water for the birds. I call the cat Killer because, when he sees a bird go for a drink, he races out, stations himself at the base of it, and then leaps up trying to snag a victim.
A couple of mornings ago, I saw him leap from this spot and miss his quarry, but sometimes he’s successful. Feathers in the bowl attest to that. The birds here are not native species, so he’s not contributing to their decline, though that’s not the case elsewhere on the island.
Fine and dandy
One of the roosters that now live at Mahukona Beach Park. There never used to be any, but the numbers have been creeping up this past year and I think are in double figures now. It’s certainly louder down there than it was!
So tired
A green turtle rests on the pebbly beach at Punulu’u Beach Park.
Graham's Island 