The current Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Feeding and Watching the Birds.’ See more responses here.
I rarely see Nutmeg Mannikins around the house, but when the Cane Grass goes to seed, they show up in force.
The Pueo below made short work of this unfortunate mouse. no chewing involved!
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 155. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
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 134. Captions are on the photos.
You can see more responses here.
I saw this small flock of Ruddy Turnstones hunkered down on the coast. They were facing into the wind and mostly preening or resting until they, all of a sudden, took to the air and disappeared.
I saw these ruddy turnstones, picking through the grass at one end of Upolu Airport, when they suddenly they took to the air and wheeled away toward the ocean.
Ruddy turnstones are one of several species of birds that summer in Alaska and winter in Hawaii. Here, the bird is known as the ‘Akekeke, the name resembling its call. In the photos, this small group of ruddy turnstones was foraging along the Kona coast at low tide, looking for invertebrates to eat.
Ruddy turnstones get their name from their red legs and their feeding habit of turning over rocks in search of invertebrates. This group was mostly resting and grooming near the water’s edge. In the foreground is a Pacific golden plover.
Graham's Island 