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The Numbers Game #88

A green turtle swims in the waters of the Big Island of Hawaii.
A Green Turtle swimming by, taken from shore while waiting for a tour boat.

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

Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly.
A Java Sparrow giving me the look.
A warning sign even though there are no wild donkeys here anymore.
Surf breaks at Mahukona in North Kohala.
High surf at Mahukona.
A crescent moon and palms in black and white
Crescent moon and palms.
Unloading a barge at Kawaihae harbor.

The Numbers Game #82

A bee flies to an ohia lehua flower in Hawaii.
A bee approaches an Ohia Lehua 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 204. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

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

A cabbage butterfly on a tree heliotrope
A Cabbage Butterfly about to receive a visitor!
An abandoned car that was finally set on fire.
Rolling surf and dark clouds off the North Kohala coast.
A Varicose Phyllidia sea slug.
A day octopus in the waters off Hawaii
A Pacific Day Octopus caught in the open.
A spotted eagle ray
A Spotted Eagle Ray passes below.

The Numbers Game #77

Lunchtime for a pueo!

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

A Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth in Hawaii
A Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth.
A House Sparrow on a shiny-looking lanai.
A surfer rides a wave in Hawaii
Riding a wave.
Rosy-faced Lovebirds in Hawaii
Rosy-faced lovebirds.
A Green Hover Fly in Hawaii
A Green Hover Fly.
Sunrise over Hualalai.

No fear of flying

A pair of Nenes fly low in Hawaii
A pair of Nenes swoop low over the ground.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Flight.’ See more responses here. I finally winnowed a raft of options down to just the birds. Captions on the photos as usual.

A pair of Brown Boobies fly over the ocean in Hawaii
A pair of Brown Boobies glide over the ocean.
A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over calm water in Hawaii
A Black-crowned Night Heron flies over a bay.
A pair of Hawaiian Noddy's fly over the surf in Hawaii
Hawaiian Noddies navigate high surf.
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) takes off in Hawaii
A Pueo takes off…
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) flies in Hawaii
…flies over a hillside…
A pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) lands on a wire in Hawaii
…and sticks the landing. Different birds, but you get the idea!

The Numbers Game #58

Lava from Kilauea Volcano’s Pu’u O’o vent enters the ocean as if from a firehose.
The fire hose of lava entering the sea from Kilauea Volcano in 2017. Original post 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 179. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Fireweed Control Moth.
An endangered Palila.
The mural on the side of Hawi Post Office.
A school of mackerel scads, or Opelus being hunted by a rainbow runner off Hawaii
A Rainbow Runner chases a school of Opelu.
A breaking wave in Hawaii
Breaking wave incoming!
Keck 1 and 2 telescopes atop Mauna Kea.

Looking back at 2024 – Part 2

A Great Frigatebird flies off the Kohala coast in Hawaii
July: A Great Frigatebird (here).

Sunday Stills challenge theme this week and last week is ‘Your 2024 Year-in-Review.’ See more responses here. As before, I’m going with a favorite photo from each month of 2024, with a caption and link to the post the photo first appeared in. Last week, I posted favorites from January through June (here). This week, it’s July through December.

Spotted Eagle Rays in the waters off Hawaii
August: A trio of Spotted Eagle Rays (here).
An attention getting pirate at Honokohau Harbor, Hawaii
September: Everyone’s favorite pirate (here).
Spinner dolphins in the waters off Hawaii
October: A trio of Spinner Dolphins (here).
A surfer off Keokea Beach Park, Hawaii
November: A surfer takes to the air (here).
A pink Bougainvillea grows in the lava on the South Kohala coast in Hawaii
December: Bougainvillea in the lava (here).