Birds of Kaua'i

Red-crested Cardinal

the one with the brown head is a juvenile,

getting feed by the older one.

Zebra Dove



Spotted Dove


Rock Pigeon

Cattle Egret

This guy made me jump while taking a picture of a flower.
I didn't know he was there and he wanted me to come over

and talk to him.

Mejiro

Chestnut Munia

Chicken and her chick at the beach.
They are everywhere!!!!!!



Red Junglefowl (Moa) he was up at a waterfall.


Great Frigatebird ('Iwa) flying over the ocean during the sharing time

at Ashly's baptism.

Red-billed Topicbirds roosting for the night.

There were so many different birds flying around

before they started roosting.

Wish I could have recorded the sounds.

They sounded like cats screeching and owls hooting.

Newell's Shearwater ('A'o) they sounded like cats screeking.

I couldn't see what I was taking a picture of until later.

Ode to January:

‘Twas the month after Christmas and all through the house,
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist,

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber)

I’d remember the marvelous meals I’d prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I’d never said “No thank you, please”.

As I dressed myself in my husbands old shirt,
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt.

I said to myself as I only can
“You can’t spend the winter disguised as a man!”

So, away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruitcake, every cracked and chip.

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
‘til all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won’t have a cookie, not even a lick,
I’ll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

I won’t have hot biscuits or cornbread or pie.
I’ll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I’m hungry, I’m lonesome and life is a bore.
But isn’t that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot;
Happy New Year to all & to all a good diet!…..