Hawaiian Owl
This #SuperbOwl flew past us on the Pihea Trail, Kauai. We only saw it for a couple of seconds, and it's not a great picture, but we felt very fortunate to see this subspecies at all.
Hawaiian Stilts
Kawai’ele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kauai
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Kawai’ele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kauai
Hawaiian Gallinule
Kawai’ele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kauai
Red-footed Booby
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
ʻApapane on ʻōhiʻa lehua
Pihea Trail, Kauai
Saffron Finch
Ocean View Estates, Hawaii
Magnificent Frigatebird
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
Wandering Tattler
Kauai, Hawaii
Laysan Albatross
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
ʻApapane
Volcano National Park, Hawaii
Japanese White-Eye
Ocean View Estates, Hawaii
Kalij pheasant
Ocean View Estates, Hawaii
Zebra Dove
Ocean View Estates, Hawaii
Lavender Waxbill
Ocean View Estates, Hawaii
Eclipse setup
Camera position for photographing the lunar eclipse over Kawelikoa Point, Kauai. Planning for the eclipse was done using The Photographer's Ephemeris on my iPad, with on-site confirmation using the augmented reality mode of PhotoPills. The eclipse was on the first full day of my first visit to Kauai, so I wasn't sure how it would work out, nor was I sure how to get to the location I selected. My wife and I did some advance scouting the afternoon before, but only had time to go partway. The full hike from the end of the dirt road where I parked ended up being a little over a mile, over a combination of beach and trails. I benefitted tremendously from OpenStreetMaps maps that I downloaded to my GPS app, MotionX-GPS. The maps had excellent coverage of the trails, and allowed very efficient route-finding. I recorded my track to the shooting location so I could retrace my steps back to the car in the darkness of the total eclipse.
Yellow-fronted Canary
Volcano National Park, Hawaii
Total lunar eclipse over Kawelikoa Point, Kauai
Cottage Cat
This young boy with a kinked tail let himself in to our cottage in Kauai. He let himself back out when some chickens got uncomfortably close to the lanai.
Nēnē
The endangered Hawaiian goose. Volcano National Park, Hawaii