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New Ka Hale for Cardinal at WaimeaBeachHouse

A male and female Red Crested Cardinal are building a new Ka Hale (home) for their ‘Ohana (family).  This includes a new punana manu (birds nest) in a Kumu Nui (coconut palm tree).

Building the New Ka Hale

Guarding the nest as it is being built.

Guarding the Nest – […]

New pēpē for the Shama ʻOhana?

The White Rumped Shama Family of the WaimeBeachHouse appear to be expecting new hatchlings.

Mom

Dad

The White Rumped Shama has lived on Kauai since the 1931.  They were introduced to Oahu in 1940.  The bird originates in Southeast India. They live in South America, Oahu USA and Kauai USA.

This pair […]

The Longest Migration and a dragonfly

The world’s longest migration was not on my mind as the day began.

My goal was to conduct an early morning photo-shoot a the Kawaiʻele Waterbird Sanctuary a few miles west of my home in Waimea Kauai. 

However, I would learn that an unplanned subject of the photo-shoot would be a record holding […]