Showing posts with label Oahu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oahu. Show all posts
Saturday, July 8, 2017

A Bunch of Bulbul: Invasive Species on Oahu

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Yes, you can think of this blog post as being a bunch of bulbul, because it has pictures of not one, but two species of Bulbul, an invasi...
Friday, July 7, 2017

Spotted Dove in Waimea Valley on Oahu

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In my other life as a geologist, we have a long-standing adage that you may spend an entire season collecting samples in your study area,...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Zebra Doves in Waimea Valley, Oahu

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If you travel to Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands, there are certain birds you will absolutely see. There are the European Sparrows and House...
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Cattle Egret in Downtown Honolulu

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I'm back from another long trip, this time across the Pacific Northwest, and Wi-Fi was hard to come by in the wilds we were exploring....
Monday, June 5, 2017

Red-crested Cardinals on Oahu

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In 1928 or so, the coastal towns and farmlands of Hawai'i were bereft of native bird species. Non-native species brought to the island...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

And Here's the Grown-up Shama Thrush at Waimea Valley

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The Shama Thrush ( Copsychus malabaricus ) is native to southeast Asia, but was introduced into the Hawaiian Islands in the 1930s-1940s. It...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Juvenile Shama Thrush in Waimea Valley on Oahu

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A visit to the Hawaiian Islands for birding-type people can be an exercise in frustration. Hawai'i is well-known as an example of evol...
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