I'iwi on the move

An adult I'iwi feasting on nectar. Almost a clear shot here, but they have a knack for perching with a twig or branch obstructing the view!

Nene snacking

A wild Nene goose feasting on berries near Hosmer's Grove

'Amakihi split

Looking like a little nectivorous sphere

Nectar selector

An I'iwi trying to decide what flower it's going to sip on next

Red-tailed Tropicbird in flight

A Red-tailed Tropicbird coming in for a landing. Check out the tiny webbed feet.

Young I'iwi

A juvenile I'iwi feasting on blossoms. There were a ton of juveniles hanging around in the parking lot this year, so it looks like the I'iwi had a great nesting season.

Black Noddy posing

Noddies

Black Noddies at the bird crap rock at the Waianapanapa State Park

Hawaiian Stilt

Hawaiian Stilts staring me down atop its ludicrously long legs

Tropical goose

A Nene along the hillside at Kilauea Point, with the sea forming a scenic backdrop

Old man plover

He wants you to get off of his lawn.

Picnic 'Amakihi

This 'Amakihi honeycreeper visited us at the Hosmer Grove campgrounds while we were having a picnic. Completely unafraid of us, it promptly inspected our picnic, and then found someone else's discarded bread crust on the ground to snack on. Definitely not just a nectivore!

Big nectivore

The I'iwi sipping on nectar at Hosmer's Grove

Black Noddy preen club

Black Noddy coming in for a landing

Kilauea Lighthouse fauna

A Laysan Albatross passes by the Kilauea Lighthouse

Nene leg stretch

A wild Nene demonstrates its semi-palmated feet by Koke'e Road

White-tailed Tropicbird

Flying around Kilauea Point

Nesting noddy style

The round white thing between the two Black Noddies is their egg; in the tropics, on an inaccessible rock, the noddies apparently see no reason to brood their eggs!

Red-tailed Tropicbird soaring over Mokuaeae Islet

The 'Anianiau

My first shot of this native Hawaiian honeycreeper!

Happy Hawaiian Stilt

Hawaiian Stilt downing a tasty fish by the Kealia Pond boardwalk. They do seem to understand how the boardwalk works, as they spend a lot less time scolding you for being too close than they do at the salt ponds!

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover guarding its lawn at the Mauna Lani

I'iwi

This I'iwi paused its nectar hunt for a moment to get in a staring contest with me

‘Ōma’o singing

The ‘Ōma’o performs its melodious thrush song

Nene

Hawai'i Akepa

The Hawai'i Akepa in a heavy downpour

I'iwi in the rain

An I'iwi patrolling for nectar in heavy rain

'Elepaio

A cooperative little endemic wren-like bird at the Hakalau NWR. We'd seen these elusive little guys before, but this time was the first time we got decent shots of them.

I'iwi

I'iwi enjoying some upside-down nectar

'Elepaio

'Elepaio at the Palila Forest Discovery Trail

Extremely puffy 'Amakihi

A very puffed-out 'Amakihi after a rain squall along the Palila Discovery Trail

Black Noddy

An agile tropical tern in flight near the Holei Sea Arch

Black Noddy

An agile tropical tern in flight near the Holei Sea Arch

Nene

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

A nocturnal tubenose (procellarid) seabird that roosts at Kilauea Point during the daytime

Red-tailed Tropicbird in flight

Laysan Albatross in flight

Laysan Albatross

The Drinky Nene Show