but... I loved the red-footed boobies we saw some years ago during our visit to the Galapagos Islands, and we were delighted this month to find out they also live on the Hawaiian Islands. However, Hawaiian red-foots aren't as tame as their Galapagos cousins, so we were only able to get distant shots of them at the Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge on the beautiful island of Kauai, which we both loved.
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| Red-footed boobies, photo by Richard Schear. |
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| Juvenile red-footed booby, Richard Schear photo. |
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| Red-footed booby, photo by Kay Davies. |
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| Wedge-tailed shearwaters, Richard Schear photo. |
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| Laysan Albatross, photo by Richard Schear. |
We also saw some Great Frigatebirds flying in the distance, recognizable by their deeply-forked tails. We saw some Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, and Laysan Albatrosses, but no Red-tailed or White-tailed Tropicbirds, and we definitely missed Hawaii's official state bird, the rare and lovely
Nene or Hawaiian Goose, no matter where we went.
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6 comments:
Such delightful captures, Kay! I do hope you're feeling better! Wishing you a delightful Merry, Joyous Christmas! Enjoy!
Sylvia
I second Sylvia - hope you're feeling better. Love those soaring birds.
Cool post! I love the boobies, great photos. Merry Christmas, Kay!
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Have a nice weekend!
Jijie :)
Love your birds shots...
Thanks for dropping by; Happy New Year :)
OK... that's it! We're just going to have to take a trip out to Kauai.
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