Tag Archives: On The Coast

The Numbers Game #112

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A juvenile black-crowned night heron in flight.
A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over the water.

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

A bee burrows into a Mamane flower
Riding in a bus in Hawaii
Riding the bus.
The Hi-Seas site for simulating living on the Moon and Mars.
Red-masked parakeets at Kohanaiki Beach Park.
Red-masked parakeets.
A Bluespotted Cornetfish up close.
A Painted Lady Butterfly on a Tree Heliotrope.

Tourists

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A view of ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay in Hawaii

A couple walks the beach at ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay while a tour boat disembarks passengers into a glass bottom boat to be shuttled ashore. Tourism is down here this year, in part because many Canadians are avoiding the U.S.A due to less than friendly relations between the two countries at the current time. I won’t be surprised if other nationalities follow suit.

The Numbers Game #110

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A bee forages through the blooms of a mock orange.
A bee on a Mock Orange 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 232. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A green turtle is illuminated while swimming in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii.
A Green Turtle swims near the surface of the ocean.
The section of Crater Rim Drive that fell in to Halemaumau Crater at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Parts of Crater Rim Road which collapsed into Halemaumau Crater during the 2018 eruption.
Blooming yucca flowers in Hawaii
Yuccas blooming in Waimea.
The entrance to Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Kilauea Military Camp in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A wild turkey off Saddle Road, Hawaii
A Wild Turkey in a pasture off Saddle Road.
A cyclist rides below Upolu Airport with Maui in the distance.

The Numbers Game #109

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Big surf rolls in to the Kohala coast.

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

Tower buildings in Honolulu.
Building reflections in Honolulu.
An Hawaiian Coot looking just the tiniest bit ruffled.
A Chinese rose beetle on the Big Island.
A Chinese Rose Beetle shortly after eviction from the house!
A bee on a Bryophyllum flower.
A Mourning Gecko on a Ti leaf.

Ten years ago

A Green Anole shedding.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Ten.’ See more responses here. January of 2016 was the first full month for this blog, so I thought I’d post a few photos that ran back then.

A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a Pink Banana.
Flies on a horse.
A Flowery Flounder blends in over a rock.
A Gold Dust Day Gecko encounters a Black Witch Moth. Full sequence here.
A Black-crowned Night Heron stands watch while Green Sea Turtles rest on shore at Kiholo Bay,
Colorful tide pools south of Waikoloa Resort.

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.