There is a Local’s Surfing Spot on Kauai called Pakala Beach. It is located about a mile down the beach from my house. Pakala Bay and Beach are crescent shaped. They are filled with a granular golden sand. A reef sits not too far offshore. It is a beautiful place. The Beach and Bay cannot Read More…
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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 The Red Crested Cardinal is not actually a Cardinal. It is part of the Tanager family. The Read More…
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 migrator. Kauai Read More…