Showing posts with label Haleiwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haleiwa. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Anahulu River and the Dole Plantation

American Anole on Bromeliad, hunting for ants.  The Bromeliad was about five feet tall, part of the beautiful gardens at the Dole Plantation.

Canoe team out practicing.  There were three canoes going up and down the river, dodging the crowd of paddleboarders and canoes.

Hawaiian Duck coming out of the water to beg for food.

Mongoose checking me out.  It walked past two cats and neither budged.  In fact, they gave no sign of seeing that mongoose, not even a head turn or a flick of a tail!  I suspect that they are old acqaintances...

Paddleboarding families on the Anahulu River.  One Mom chose to keep her kid up close on the kayak but the other let her kid get up on the paddle board with Dad! 

Green sea turtle coming up for air.  They stayed close to the top of the water, except when the paddleboarders got a little too close, making it easy to have your camera ready when they popped their heads up to breathe.  It seemed like there were four or five green sea turtles in the mouth of the Anahulu river, making for a nice turtle viewing spot for the passing paddle boarders, kayakers and for the people along the shore.

Two green sea turtles up for air at the same time!  Could it be that there were even more than four or five of these in that little patch of water?  I don't know why they are there; perhaps to eat algae or leaves/vegetation off of low lying trees.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas is a "Boar?"

Wild Boar, on truck, with hunting dogs beneath the canopy and hunters sitting atop the canopy with the boar. Wild boars have caused tremendous damage to the Hawaiian ecology through eating tender plant life, eating eggs from ground nesting endemic Hawaiian birds such as the Hawaiian Crow and through grubbing the dirt thereby releasing silt into the ocean that kills the coral reefs. This one was apparently being used for Christmas dinner.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

May You Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wherever you may be and no matter your circumstances, may you have the merriest Christmas and a wonderful new year. As they say in the islands, Mele Kalikimaka and Hau'ole Makahiki Hou!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Just Paddling Along


Green Sea Turtle, Haleiwa, Hawaii. This green sea turtle was paddling along under the old Haleiwa bridge (hence the photo angle), not minding the canoe that was paddling up and down the river.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Turtles Napping


Green Sea Turtles, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii. These two Green Sea Turtles were napping on the beach in Haleiwa. Now that they are protected, Green Sea Turtles have come roaring back and are actually reasonably common to see swimming in the shallows at the beaches.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Food for Thought


Shark Tours! [Haleiwa harbor, Oahu, Hawaii] You pay these guys to take you out on a boat, toss you in a cage and chum the water for sharks! Oh boy! Do you think these guys are insured? ;-P

...stay tuned.