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Hawaiian gallinule
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Hawaiian gallinule

This is the 'alae 'ula, a small native bird from the Hawaiian islands. Apparently, there are only about 500 of them left in Hawaii. This family lives in the Waimea Valley in a protected area, and they seem to like to spend their time deep in the wetland cover you can see in the background. Fortunately, they came out to explore and scurry across the lily pads for a little while when we first arrived. Of course, it wasn't long before the little one was getting in trouble with mom, I assume for wandering too far.

'alae 'ula 1 | bird 85 | chick 1 | endangered 1 | endemic species 1 | Gallinula galeata sandvicensis 1 | Hawaiian 3 | Hawaiian common gallinule 1 | Hawaiian common moorhen 1 | Hawaiian gallinule 1 | Hawaiian moorhen 1 | Hawaiian red coot 1 | hen 2 | mudhen 1 | native 2 | Waimea Valley 2 | waterfowl 3 | wetlands 1

'Auku'u (Hawaiian Black-crowned Night Heron)
Sunday, December 1, 2019
'Auku'u (Hawaiian Black-crowned Night Heron)

This is the 'Auku'u or Hawaiian Black-crowned Night Heron. Sounds impressive, like something out of an animated movie about dragons. Like most herons his fishing skills, or at least his standing-as-still-as-a-statue skills were definitely well honed. The only thing was this particular fishing hole was a Koi pond outside of a restaurant in Waikiki. I think the fish were on to him, and many of them were bigger than him. Of course the guy stalking him with a camera while he stalked his lunch probably didn't help much.

'Auku'u 1 | bird 85 | Black-crowned Night Heron 1 | fish 7 | Hawaiian 3 | heron 3 | indigenous 1 | Koi 4 | native 2 | native bird 1 | Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii 1 | pond 23 | reflection 48 | ripple 22 | wading 1 | water 278 | waterfowl 3 | wild 1

Australian Pied Cormorant Posing
Friday, November 29, 2019
Australian Pied Cormorant Posing

Well this guy sure knows how to pose for his portrait! I found him preening outside of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Perhaps he was hoping to meet the Queen. He seemed to be encroaching on the territory of some other birds who were repeatedly divebombing him, but that didn't seem to bother him all that much. He hardly looked up from his important feather arranging. The range of birds, and particularly the calls from the unseen multitudes made the stroll through the gardens seem more like the middle of the rainforest than the middle of a large city.

Australian 2 | Australian pied cormorant 1 | bird 85 | birdwatching 1 | Botanic Garden 5 | cormorant 1 | feather 37 | garden 23 | great pied cormorant 1 | Phalacrocorax varius 1 | pied cormorant 1 | pied shag 1 | preening 1 | RoyalBotanicGardensVictoria 1 | unretouched 12 | waterfowl 3 | webbed feet 1

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