I finally got around to sorting through over 800 images of birds from my trip to Hawai'i. So I thought I'd start off by sharing the birds I saw during our brief layover at Honolulu International Airport. I purchased
The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific a month before my trip and spent hours thumbing through it to learn the new birds. Now it was time to put my studying to the test.
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Only the necessities: Starbuck's sandwich, lava-filtered water, bins, pen, notepad |
The first birds I saw while eating lunch were Cattle Egrets flying overhead. Then Gaby spotted a couple Zebra Doves milling about. I was hoping to see White Terns here, but I only saw the egrets. So we went out to a courtyard to see what was around. Right away I noticed a Common Myna like this one singing up on the wall. It would be the first of
many I would see.
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Common Myna |
Some doves and cardinals were hanging out on the grass.
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Zebra Dove |
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Spotted Dove |
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Red-crested Cardinal |
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Japanese White-eye |
These five birds would turn out to be the most common ones I would see on Oahu and Kaua'i, not counting chickens (more on that later). Then I spotted some birds I would only see on Oahu.
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Red-vented Bulbul |
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Red-whiskered Bulbul (my only one of the trip) |
What an awesome way to start off the trip- seven lifers in about an hour! Stay tuned, I have many more birds to share.
Awesome indeed! There's nothing quite like birding in the tropics...so much color!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this series and maybe a few honeycreepers coming up... : )
Wonderful images Jeremy! I'm looking forward to seeing more from your trip.
ReplyDeleteWow, these were all near the airport? Score!!!
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