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Capturing Kauai: Focus on One Bird and Getting Another

On this day, I am attempting to photograph wild birds in the Alakai Wilderness on the Island of Kauai.  My trip will take me along the high ridgeline of the Pihea Trail and down into the Alakai Swamp. The terrain is remote and otherwise demanding. Especially, for someone hiking with 40 lbs. of camera […]

Capturing Kauai: The Cattle Egret on Its Turf

I recently published a Post about the two Cattle Egret that have claimed the yard at our home in Kauai – theirs.

Linda, I and [sic., begrudgingly] The Border Collies agree.  The story is [here].

I decided I would venture to where the Cattle Egret lives on everyday Kauai.  I brought the Nikon […]

An Elegant Resident – The Cattle Egret

One of the two residents flying away from the Front Yard.

A pair of Cattle Egret are residents of our Front Yard.  They swoop in from a nest that is situated close by throughout the day.

Cattle Egret’s were introduced to Hawaii in 1959.  105 birds were brought to Hawaii, Oahu, […]