Common Waxbill

Brown Anole

Red-crested Cardinals

Red-crested Cardinals are originally from Brazil but were introduced to Hawaii many years ago where a thriving population is now established.  Photo and video were taken on the island of Oahu.

Wandering Tattler

Warbling White-eye

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul pictured above and Red-vented Bulbuls below.

I have found the Red-vented Bulbul to be the Hawaiian version of the Blue Jay.

Hawaiian Monk Seals

Rare and endangered Hawaiian Monk seals sleeping on the volcanic rocks at Ka'ena Point on the island of Oahu.

Anthurium

White-rumped Shama

The White-rumped Shama is a member of the thrush family.  The male is pictured above and the female below.

Hawaiian Stilt

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Laysan Albatross

Pacific Golden Plover

White Terns

The White Tern is more commonly called the Fairy Tern for obvious reasons.  They are pelagic birds that come in from the ocean to live onshore during breeding season.

Dark-eyed Junco (cismontanus)

Also known as the Cassiar Junco - a rare find in western New York.

Sharp-shinned versus Cooper's Hawk

These two have been competing with each other to hunt the bird feeders in our yard. 

Sharp-shinned (above) and Cooper's Hawk (below)

Red-Bellied Woodpeckers

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier hunting on a dark December morning.

A Morning Walk in the Woods

Lapland Longspur

Merlin

Horned Lark

In the Dark of December

"I heard a bird sing in the dark of December,

a magical thing and sweet to remember.

We are nearer to Spring than we were in September...

...I heard a bird sing in the dark of December."  ~ Oliver Herford

Winter Solstice

"On the longest night we search for the light,

 and we find it deep within...

(photo of a Short-Eared Owl hunting after sunset)

Open your eyes to embrace what is wise,

and see the light of your own soul shining."  ~ Lisa Thiel

Autumn's Last Breath

Northern Harrier at Sunset

Gravity of Love

"If you're in the eye of the storm,

just think of the lonely dove, 

the experience of survival 

is the key to the gravity of love..."

~  Enigma

Otherworldly

Short-eared Owl