Oahu and the Big Island, March 12th to March 25th, 2007
Blake Mathys
I visited Hawaii for research purposes, mainly to measure bird skins at the Bishop Museum. I measured ~320 individual skins over 4 days, a nice addition to my data set. I was on Oahu from Monday, March 12th until Tuesday, March 20th. I flew to the Big Island and spent the remaining time there.
March 16th: Ka'ena Point
March 18th: Kahana Valley and La'ie Point
March 19th: Trails above 'Aiea
March 20th: Moku Manu
March 21st through 23rd: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
March 23rd through 25th: Northern Big Island, Kona and north
Oahu 'Amakihi
Hawaiian Stilt
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Hawaiian Coot
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross with chick
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Common Moorhen
Nene
Pacific Golden-Plover
Hiking on ridge trail above 'Aiea
Standing next to Kilauea Caldera
Kilauea Caldera in background
Ka'ena Point, Oahu, Scenery
Forest in Kahana Valley
Views from the ridge trail above 'Aiea
Dry forest on slopes of Mauna Kea
Native birds:
Pacific Golden-Plover
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Great Frigatebird
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Grey-backed Tern
Red-tailed Tropicbird
'Io (Hawaiian Hawk)
Nene (endemic Branta goose)
Hawaiian Coot
'Elepaio (endemic Monarch flycatcher)
Hawaii 'Amakihi (endemic honeycreeper)
Oahu 'Amakihi (endemic honeycreeper)
'Apapane (endemic honeycreeper)
'I'iwi (endemic honeycreeper)
'Oma'o (endemic Myadestes solitaire)
Pomarine Jaeger
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Sooty Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
White-tailed Tropicbird
Short-eared Owl (Hawaiian form)
Black-necked Stilt (Hawaiian form, possibly separate species)
Common Moorhen (Hawaiian form)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Hawaiian form)
Sanderling
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Introduced Birds:
Cattle Egret
Red-vented Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Common Myna
Lavender Waxbill
African Silverbill
Common Waxbill
Nutmeg Mannikin
Northern Cardinal
Java Sparrow
House Finch
Guam Swiftlet
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Zebra Dove
Spotted Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Red-billed Leiothrix
Skylark
Erckel's Francolin
Yellow-fronted Canary
Grey Francolin
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Saffron Finch
Japanese White-Eye
Japanese Bush Warbler (heard only)
Kalij Pheasant
Red-crested Cardinal
Yellow-billed Cardinal
House Sparrow