Tag Archives: The Numbers Game

The Numbers Game #95

A black triggerfish showing colors when it is agitated or aroused
An aroused Black Triggerfish.

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

Northern Pintails.
A native I’iwi.
Divers in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii.
Divers down!
The blooms of a yucca plant.
Yucca flowers.
Sailboats in Kawaihae Harbor.
The entrance to Emesine Lava Tube on the Powerline Trail off Saddle Road.
The entrance to Emesine Lava Tube on the Powerline Trail.

The Numbers Game #94

A lava breakout from the Kilauea lava flow.
A lava flow at Kilauea with people walking on it. What could possibly go wrong!

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

A white feral kitten with icy blue eyes
A somewhat spooky kitten.
Sunshine.
A wandering tattler casts a shadow.
A Wandering Tattler casting a shadow like Feathers McGraw in a Wallace and Gromit movie.
A dapper Yellow-billed cardinal.
A young stick insect clings to some mesh.
A tiny stick insect.
Rusty Millipedes making more Rusty Millipedes!

The Numbers Game #93

A Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron fishes
A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron fishing.

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

A cow and calf next to a road in North Kohala
Mother and child on the loose!
The lone palm at Keawaiki stands out against a cloudy sky.
A lonesome palm.
Helmet urchins on the North Kohala coast
Helmet Urchins.
A hibiscus tiliaceus at the Golden Ponds of Keawaiki on The Big Island of Hawaii
Hibiscus tiliaceus flowers, which change from yellow to red during the day.
Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A dead tree in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

The Numbers Game #92

A green anole hangs onto a line.
A green anole on a washing line.

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

A shoal of young bluefin trevallies roams the shallows.
Bluefin Trevallies.
A goat with strange horns.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Anthurium ‘Princess Alexia Jade.’
Philodendron Goeldii’s spiraling leaves.
A small praying mantis on an arm.
This little Praying Mantis landed on my arm, which is the closest I get to taking a selfie!

The Numbers Game #91

A Green turtle, with a slender remora on its shell, checks out the photographer
A Green Turtle gets up close and personal. Notice the Slender Remora along for the ride.

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

An endangered Palila.
Rows of produce at Sage Farm, a local organic farm.
The sun sets behind Hualalai volcano.
A swing set and its shadow in Kapaau.
Enter at your own risk!
An old Civilian Conservation Corps cabin on the slopes of Mauna Kea.

The Numbers Game #90

Aphelandra sinclairiana.

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 212, which turned up a selection dominated by plants, so I’ve gone for an all-plant line up. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A native Amaumau Fern.
Anthurium ‘Miss Mini Purple.’
Guzmania ‘Limones’.
Ananas bracteatus.
Medinilla Alata ‘Lalique’ flowers.
A Dendrobium spectabile orchid.

The Numbers Game #89

An A’ama Crab molt.
Grasshopper on a windscreen.

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

The Kohala Welcome Center under a full moon.
Zebra Doves grooming.
A Flowery Flounder swimming.
Whitemouth Moray Eel.
Horses by the sea.

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.