It’s not a partridge in a pear tree, but I like the lines and patterns that palm fronds make and this little sparrow gives them a bit of scale.
A sparrow in a palm tree
Tag Archives: Palm Trees
Palm trees at sunset
Palm trees silhouetted against the setting sun.
Posted in response to Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge for June. See more responses here.
Pinang Yaki
Pinang Yaki (Areca vestiaria) is originally from eastern Indonesia. With its red crownshaft and orange fruits, it’s a colorful palm. But these colors vary depending on the tree’s elevation with a higher elevation leading to more vibrant colors.
Halo around the sun
I was about to set out on one of my regular walks at Upolu, when I looked up and saw this halo around the sun. It’s the first I’ve seen here (which doesn’t mean there haven’t been others).
In days of yore, halos were considered a sign of impending bad weather. In this case, there’s some evidence to back that up. The ice crystals that cause halos are found in clouds, high in the troposphere, and these clouds are often a sign of an approaching weather front. Sure enough, the next day was fairly wet though, ironically, not in the area where I saw the halo.
Dwarf date palm
This is a dwarf date palm (Phoenix roebelenii), which I like particularly for its nobbly trunk. It hails from Vietnam and Thailand an is also known as pygmy date palm or miniature date palm
Herons and ripples
Yesterday, I posted (here) a response to this week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme of ‘Yin-Yang.’ (See more responses here.)
This is my second offering on the theme, which also features light and dark, but also stillness and movement – the stillness of the herons (there’s a second one in the background) and the movement of the rippling water. I like how the second set of ripples disturbs the first set and the reflections of the palm trees.
Sunset with palms
As the sun sets on the year 2019, here’s a photo of palm trees silhouetted by a post-sunset sky.
Kohala Welcome Center under a full moon
On a recent foray into Hawi to get photos for last week’s Sunday Stills challenge (here), I took these photos of the Kohala Welcome Center. This is the place to get information about North Kohala for visitors en route to Kapaau and Pololu, which marks the end of the highway.
On this particular evening, the welcome center was illuminated by its Christmas display and a full moon, which also highlighted the palm trees that tower over that location.
Graham's Island 