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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).

The Eddie

A surfer catches a wave at Keokea Beach Park, Hawaii

The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, commonly known as “The Eddie,” is scheduled to be held today. This big wave surfing event, at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, only takes place when open-ocean swells reach a minimum height of 20 feet. Such swells result in wave faces of 30 to 40 feet in the bay. Because of this requirement, this event will be only the eleventh to go during the 40-year history of the tournament.

The tournament is invitation-only with 45 competitors lined up this year. If you’re interested in seeing the activities, the contest will be streamed on ripcurl.com or rogue.tv, starting around 8:00 am local time.

For more information about the event, go to https://www.theeddieaikau.com/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eddie.

The photo was taken from Keokea Beach Park, and features much, much smaller waves!